Tag: Literature
Bessora, at the origin of his lame dynasty
Born in Brussels in 1968, Bessora grew up in Europe, the United States and Africa. She is the author of ” Pick me up pretty gentlemen » (Great literary prize…
Mélissa Da Costa, the most widely read novelist in France, is releasing a new novel
/ Podcasts / Cultural guest Women from the End of the World is the title of his 6th book just released. At only 32 years old, Mélissa Da Costa has…
Isabelle Duquesnoy, distills a smell of poison at the Court
Throughout the pages of “The room of the devils”, the novelist Isabelle Duquesnoy delivers a historical thriller on the fate of Catherine Monvoisin known as La Voisin, famous poisoner whose…
The Spring of Poets, geopoetics beyond borders
After the themes of Ardor, Beauty, Courage, Desire and then the Ephemeral, the 25th edition of the Printemps des Poètes highlights this year and until March 27, 2023, the Borders.…
back to the 2023 literary festival at the Center Pompidou
From March 8 to 12, the annual literary festival Effractions was held at the Center Pompidou, devoted to the ferment of reality through the prism of contemporary fiction. About forty…
Achille Mbembe, Professor of History and Political Science, author of “The Earth Community”
Pierre-Édouard Deldique receives in Ideas: Achille Mbembe, director of the Foundation for Innovation for Democracy, professor of History and Political Science as well as researcher at the Wits Institute for…
With “Immersion”, Hélène Artaud questions our relationship to the oceans
/ Podcasts / Book France How our relationship with the ocean has changed over the centuries, and more specifically in recent years… This is the question addressed by the France…
Bernardine Evaristo, neither master nor slave
Bernardine Evaristo was born in Great Britain to a Nigerian father and an English mother. Militant, activist, playwright, she co-founded the Théâtre des Femmes Noires in 1982 and created the…
The “true lie” of the Congolese Éric Mukendi
My two dads is Eric Mukendi’s first novel. French teacher in Rouen, this primo-novelist tells us with a real talent as a storyteller the fortunes and misfortunes of immigration and…
“Asphyxia: Raqqa, chronicle of an apocalypse”, by Céline Martelet and Hussam Hammoud
/ Podcasts / international book For almost four years, the city of Raqqa was the capital of the self-proclaimed “caliphate” of the Islamic State organization. Its inhabitants, trapped, experienced atrocities…