Tag: Literature
“The replacement, diary of a precarious suburban teacher”, by Nedjib Sidi Moussa
In France, this start of the school year is marked by the lack of teachers in middle and high schools, hence the use of contract teachers. Nedjib Sidi Moussa is…
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,…
The writer Laurent Binet for his novel “Perspective(s)”
After several novels which were already part of great history, the Second World War or the Inquisition, Laurent Binet continues to explore the eras with his new novel entitled Perspective(s)…
Women’s sound library, plea for a heritage
Do we really know Olympe de Gouges, Audre Lorde or even Catherine Colomb? With his literary installation, the Women’s Sound Library, Julie Gilbert brings these writers to life, some of…
France, guest country of the Medellin Book Fair
For this 17th edition, the Medellin Book and Culture Fair has chosen France as the guest country. Its literature and culture are represented by French authors and artists. Since September…
Nicolas Chemla looks into “The Abyss”
“ The abyss » Nicolas Chemla’s new novel is hypnotic, fascinating and terribly frightening. Between black masses, backrooms, an enigmatic cat, a diary, an American just settled in Paris, a…
Claude Burgelin, author of a biography of Georges Perec
Pierre-Édouard Deldique receives in Ideas: Claude Burgelin, professor emeritus of Contemporary Literature at the University Lyon-2 Louis-Lumière. Author of a biography of Georges Perec, published by Gallimard. He died young,…
“Data and sport, the revolution”, by Aurélie Jean and Yannick Nyanga
While the Rugby World Cup has just started, and less than a year before the Olympics, what big data has changed in sport and what issues does this raise? Data…
Breaking out of Moroccan silence with Rachid Benzine
Body and soul, he is Rachid Benzine. Body for this ex-champion of France of kickboxing, soul too since this lover of the ring has become a moving intellectual. Islamologist and…
Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel Prize winner for literature
Born in 1934, Wole Soyinka was the first writer from the African continent to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Author of theater, poetry, memoirs, essays, and short…