Tag: Francophonie knowledge
Save regional languages with Michel Feltin-Palas
/ Podcasts / In person(s) “A language is a dialect with an army and a navy”Max Weinreinch, linguist. It is with this edifying quote that Michel Feltin-Palas’ book opens, a…
The Poetic Paradise of Gustave Roud by Claire Jaquier
“How beautiful this morning, the harvest beginning! Barely taken, the gray and pink road | between rows of shining pear trees is peopled with mowers. One sings, the other whistles,…
Jacques Weber shares fifty years of emotions
” I spoke to him in a low voice, under his closed eyes I was sure that the forces of the spirit remained attentive: “I love you so much.” I…
The nouchi at the Palace of Belles-Lettres with Henri Michel Yéré
“My hoba hoba pierces walls! » – « I mean that my word demolishes the walls! » Henri-Michel Yéré’s new poetic collection is written in nouchi – a living language…
Bringing anonymous people back to life with Blandine Savetier
/ Podcasts / In person(s) “I immediately liked A wildcat step, because Marie NDiaye addresses – with great finesse – the question of racism, that of difference and the black…
Little People’s Dictionary: silence this language that we cannot hear!
/ Podcasts / In person(s) “You, little provincials, who have left the simple scarf for the rich cashmere, buy my Dictionary, you will soon be grateful to me for the…
Eliane Viennot: demasculinizing the French language means remaining faithful to it
” Speaking non-sexist French is a matter of will “says Eliane Viennot, Professor Emeritus of Literature. Voltaire said “teacher”, why today the use of this term provokes such an outcry?…
Villa Al Qamar: a historic place to strengthen cultural exchanges between France and Lebanon
A set recorded at Villa El Qamar, in the historic city of Deir El-Qamar, “the convent of the moon”, about forty kilometers from Beirut, near the Mediterranean coast. This villa…
An International City of the French Language in Villers-Cotterêts: what for?
On the occasion of the partial opening of the Cité internationale de la langue française. The Cité internationale de la langue française, whose visit route will open its doors in…