Tag: Literature
Literature: Thinking and Writing Racism in the Globalized World, with James Baldwin and Teju Cole
Leukerbad 1951/2014 is made up of two trials. “A Stranger in the Village” by James Baldwin is the story of the author’s experience of staying in Leukerbad, in the Swiss…
Between Belgium and Congo, Lisette Lombé
She writes like the numbers that follow one another, in rhythm and urgency, she writes for the living a language that is addressed to the last ranks. She, Lisette Lombé,…
Miguel Bonnefoy, the solar writer highlights an inventor of the shadows
In 2013, “Young Writer” prize with Icarus and other short stories (Buchet-Chastel), Miguel Bonnefoy is the author of a multi-award winning work: Octavio’s Journey (2015, Five Continents Prize – special…
Zadig Hamroune frees himself from his past in “The Barbarian Night”
“What matters most to me, both as a writer and as a social being, is presence in the world, more than being defined by a written, administrative, social identity or…
Pierre Alary, a wind of passion on his boards
After the myth of Zorro, Pierre Alary tackles the comic book adaptation of one of the monuments of American literature and cinema: ” Gone with the wind “, better known…
Portrait of Herman Kamwa, Martial Sinda Grand Prize for Francograph Poetry
With his collection of poems Breaking fate, the Cameroonian poet Herman Kamwa won the Martial Sinda Grand Prize for Francograph Poetry last March during the 20th Printemps des Poètes des…
The literature profile of the allegations: Wild speculation
Writes about the allegations against the company Published: Just now “Assignment review” program on the so-called literature profile has been paused after a top lawyer was called in – which…
Literature: between childhood nostalgia and provisional identity, with Mauritian Jean Fanchette
A great Mauritian voice of the 20th century, Jean Fanchette published most of his poetic work in France where he worked and lived from the age of 19. He had…
The Alfabètes write to rebuild themselves at the Maison de la Poésie with the Samu Social
“What we have the strongest is writing, which for me is my outlet on this sidewalk… Everything that happened with the Maison de la Poésie gives us a certain humanity.…
Literature: death of writer Philippe Sollers at 86
Figure of the French literary scene and of “All-Paris” for more than half a century, the writer Philippe Sollers died at the age of 86, we learned, Saturday, May 6,…