“And by the power of a word”: in the footsteps of the poem “Liberté” by Paul Eluard

And by the power of a word in the footsteps

Xavier Donzelli tells us the true story of a poem that brings hope during the Occupation.

A novel in which a poem is the hero! Xavier Donzelli conducted the investigation to trace the poem’s itinerary step by step Freedom by Paul Éluard. Poem which, escaping its creator, will become one of the emblematic texts of the Resistance and one of the most essential of the XXe century.

Guest: Xavier Donzelli has taught French in India, Ecuador and China. He is the editorial secretary of the journal History. And by the power of a word is his first novel, published in Sergers editions.

And today in “Ways of Speaking”, finished the “dry January” – this Anglo-Saxon tradition which consists in avoiding drinking alcohol for a month. Today Lucie Bouteloup takes us to a Brest rug to have a cup. Understand in a Brest bistro for a drink – in moderation of course… At the counter: Gérard and Jacques, two accomplices with a mischievous gaze and the morning language of Ty Zef, the local dialect. Irmat!

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