Tag: Literature Without Borders
Michel Pastoureau, passionate and fascinating historian
Michel Pastoureau, born in 1947, historian of Western symbolism, is known worldwide for his work on the history of colors in the West. He has published in particular in Seuil,…
Eleanor Catton, ecological tragicomedy in New Zealand
Eleanor Catton is a New Zealand writer born in 1985 in Canada and then grew up near Christchurch in New Zealand. His first novel, “La Répétition”, appeared on numerous prize…
Valérie Zenatti, life and history in motion
Valérie Zenatti is a writer, screenwriter and translator of Aharon Appelfeld. She has written for young people, notably “A bottle in the sea of Gaza” (L’École des Loisirs, 2005) translated…
Blaise Ndala, portrait of a writer between Africa, America and Europe
Blaise Ndala, born in 1972 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, studied law in Belgium before settling in Canada in 2007. He published two acclaimed novels there, “I will dance…
Henri Gougaud, the eternal storyteller
Storyteller, novelist and essayist, Henri Gougaud is the author of around forty books, including by Albin Michel “ The snow child “, ” The Book of Paths “, ” Little…
Behind bars: the Goncourt of prisoners 2023
On the occasion of the 2nd edition of the Goncourt Prize for Prisoners which crowned Mokhtar Amoudi for his novel “ The ideal conditions », return to this cultural and…
Colum McCann, 1001 nights at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Born in 1965 in Dublin, Colum McCann today lives in New York with his wife and their three children… Short story writer, essayist, he is also the author of novels…
Louis-Ferdinand Despreez emerges from the shadows for the first time
South African novelist, involved alongside Nelson Mandela’s ANC, Louis-Ferdinand Despreez was advisor to several African heads of state. From his residence in Pretoria, he traveled the African continent for thirty…
Charline Effah, women’s bodies outraged by wars
Charline Effah was born in Gabon. Today in Paris, business manager by day, she writes by night. For “The Women of Bidibidi»Charline went to northern Uganda. “After the death of…
Laurent Binet leads the investigation at the Medici court
Laurent Binet was a literature teacher for ten years in Seine-Saint-Denis. He is the author of HHhH (2010, Goncourt Prize for the first novel), The seventh function of language (2015,…