Tag: Literature
Arrest in Algiers of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal
In Algeria, the writer Boualem Sansal has been in police custody for almost a week in the premises of the security services in Algiers while waiting to be presented before…
Franco-Algerian author Kamel Daoud targeted by controversy, Gallimard denounces “defamation”
The publisher Gallimard denounced attacks on Monday, November 18: defamatory » against the Franco-Algerian author Kamel Daoud, 2024 Goncourt Prize for his novel Houris. The Franco-Algerian author is accused, by…
British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker prize for literature | News in brief
This year’s Booker literary prize has been won by a 49-year-old British author Samantha Harvey from his novel Orbital. The novel follows six astronauts from Japan, Russia, the United States,…
DH Lawrence, the child of the “working class” who revolutionized erotic literature – L’Express
Virginia Woolf, who was easily condescending (she even despised Dickens and his “very banal style”), did not hold DH Lawrence in high esteem. When this son of a miner, pure…
Bookstores tense over the return of the sale of books without delivery fees by Amazon
Since November 5, Amazon has once again offered free delivery for book sales. The American platform uses its automatic lockers, located in many small businesses, where customers come to collect…
Pedro Páramo: a masterpiece of Mexican literature becomes a Netflix film
New Mexican film inspired by a literary masterpiece: Pedro Páramo is coming to Netflix. Information about the program. Summary Pedro Paramoone of the most important novels in Mexican literature, written…
The 2024 Renaudot prize awarded to Gaël Faye for his novel “Jacaranda”
The Renaudot prize has just been awarded to the Franco-Rwandan author Gaël Faye, one of the favorites for the Goncourt, for his second novel entitled Jacarandapublished by Grasset. His first…
no advertising for Jordan Bardella’s book in train stations
The president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, will not be entitled to posters promoting his book What I’m looking for in French stations. This was the decision of the…
In a South Korea that reads little, the Nobel Prize causes sales of Han Kang’s books to explode
In South Korea, the Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to Han Kang caused sales of his books to explode. The very evening of his selection to the prestigious Swedish academy,…
writer Antonio Skarmeta dies at age 83
The Chilean writer Antonio Skarmeta, whose most famous novel An ardent patience was adapted for cinema in 1994 with “The Postman”, where Philippe Noiret played Pablo Neruda, died Tuesday at…