Tag: Literature Without Borders
A land, an author: in Ivory Coast with Marguerite Abouet
Marguerite Abouet, born in Abidjan, in the popular district of Yopougon, was twelve years old when she arrived in Paris, where she discovered libraries with wonder and was passionate about…
One land, one author: in the DRC with Tatiana Mukanire Bandalire
National coordinator of the National Movement of Survivors of Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tatiana Mukanire Bandalire delivers, in “Beyond our tears”, prefaced by Doctor Denis Mukwege,…
One land, one author: in Iceland with Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir lives in Reykjavík. After studying art history in Paris, she directed the Museum of the University of Iceland. She is the author of several novels including “Rosa…
One land, one author: in Nigeria with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a writer from Abba, southeastern Nigeria, has lived in the United States for more than twenty years. She is the author of several novels: Purple Hibiscus (2003)…
One land, one author: in Mozambique with Isabela Figueiredo
Isabela Figueiredo, born in Maputo in 1963, (formerly Lourenço Marques), of Portuguese parents, left Mozambique at the time of the country’s independence in 1975. Her parents remained, and she lived…
One land, one author: in Brazil with Estelle-Sarah Bulle
Estelle-Sarah Bulle was born in 1974 in Créteil, from a Guadeloupean father and a mother who grew up on the Franco-Belgian border. She is the author of a first novel,Where…
One land, one author: in Senegal with David Diop
Born in Paris in 1966, David Diop grew up in Senegal and is a lecturer at the University of Pau. He signs, withThe Gate of the Journey of No Return»,…
One land, one author: in South Africa with Sindiwe Magona
Born in 1943 in South Africa, having grown up in Gugulethu, a township near Cape Town, Sindiwe Magona is the author of an autobiography, poet, playwright, novelist, she writes in…
One land, one author: in Congo-Brazzaville with Fann Attiki, “Voices of Africa” prize
The “Voix d’Afriques” literary prize initiated by RFI, Lattès editions in partnership with the Cité Internationale des Arts returns for a second edition. After a call for writing from young…
Franck Thilliez, in the maze of the imagination of a thriller author
Franck Thilliez, one of the three most widely read writers in France, is the author of around twenty novels, including “pandemic», «The Unfinished Manuscript», «Luke», «Twice Upon a Time», «1991”…