“Boris Vian wanted to do something other than the norm. There is always at home, this mixture of very serious, of reflection and at the same time of amusement, of entertainment »
Boris Vian is known for his cult novel: “l’Écume des jours”, for his dark thriller written under a pseudonym, the sulphurous “I will go spit on your graves” or for his committed song “le déserteur”, but the author will have had 1000 lives and as many talents: engineer, musician, poet, playwright, translator… Creator of genius, all disciplines combined, inventor of portmanteau words, he liked, through humor and the absurd, to make fun of codes and conventions… He leaves an abundant body of work that more than 60 years after his death, academics have not finished deciphering.
Guests :
- Allison Durand is a Doctor of Letters. She co-edited the book Boris Vian, language builder » published by L’Harmattan.
- Guy Lavorel is Honorary President of Lyon 3 University and Emeritus Professor of French Languages and Literature. He co-edited the book Boris Vian, language builder » published by L’Harmattan.
That week Chronicle Elsewhere takes us to Canada where a haiku contest on the theme: “Windows, doors…”. Claude Rodrigueco-editor of the French section of the Haiku Canada Reviewtells us how to write the famous Japanese poems, and teaches us how to make them understandable by all.