Tag: Literature
Dany Laferrière, the singularity of racism in the United States
Dany Laferrière was born in Port-au-Prince in 1953. Winner of the Prix Médicis in 2009 for “The Enigma of the Return” (Grasset), he was elected to the French Academy in…
power consolidates its takeover of culture
In 2022, with the sending of soldiers to Ukraine, there was a schism in the world of culture, between those who contested and left on their own in the first…
Yvette Balana and Antoinette Tidjani Alou at the Geneva Book Fair
Meeting with two authors whose novels resonate around a theme, that of departure and return. How to leave? And then how do you get home? How to come back, once…
Tahar Ben Jelloun: his Morocco is written in French
In this Francophonie week, the Franco-Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun recounts his relationship to the French language, and presents his new novel, Casablanca lovers. “It is with the French language…
Start for the 2023 RFI Theater Prize
Annual meeting for authors of theater, the call for writings is launched this Monday, March 20. To apply for the 10th edition of the RFI Theater Prize, candidates have five…
“Green, my ass!” by Pierre Rouvière and Barnabé Crespin-Pommier
/ Podcasts / Book France THE Book France of the week attempts to distinguish between small and large gestures for the environment… Frédérique Genot interviews Pierre Rouvière and Barnabé Crespin…
Rémi Brague, philosopher and Youssouf Sangaré, Islamologist
/ Podcasts / Ideas Pierre-Édouard Deldique receives two guests in the magazine Idées pour parle d’islam: – Rémi Brague, philosopher, professor emeritus of philosophy at Paris I and at the…
Davina Ittoo, the voice of women in Mauritius
/ Podcasts / Literature without borders Davina Ittoo is an author of poetry, novels and short stories. She lives and teaches in Mauritius where she is a lecturer at the…
The second edition of the African book fair opens its doors in Paris
The second edition of the African book fair opens Friday, March 17 for a period of three days in Paris, rich in activities. This event at the town hall of…
Utrecht is getting an icon: The Hague Literature and Children’s Book Museum wants to move to the Broese building
The Literature Museum and Children’s Book Museum from The Hague wants to move to the city center of Utrecht. The museum and the municipality of Utrecht will sign a letter…