Tag: Literature
Andreï Makine, the Russian heartbreak
I see him as an immortal (which he is) in a writer’s hideout that feels like a writing bunker. That’s what I imagine. What an honor in G Major to…
“The Beaten” by Louis Witter, in the hell of Calais
/ Podcasts / Book France Photojournalist Louis Witter spent 18 months near Calais with exiles waiting to cross the 30 kilometers of sea that separate France from England, the last…
Literature: writing or life, according to Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (2/2)
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo is Madagascar’s greatest poet. In this second part of the chronicle “Writing paths” devoted to the biography of this writer and poet published by the researcher Claire Riffard,…
Tsering Yangzom Lama, his love song for Tibet
Tsering Yangzom Lama was born and raised in Nepal, where her family settled after fleeing Tibet in 1960. She has since lived in Toronto, Vancouver and New York. A graduate…
Lights of Asia with Jeanne Pham Tran
/ Podcasts / In G major ” Water never flows except where the earth cracks “. So says his favorite author Xavier Grall. Perhaps and without doubt the unknown also…
Alexandra Goujon: “The Ukrainians are convinced that they will win”
/ Podcasts / international book Since its invasion by Russia on February 24, 2022, Ukraine has been in the international news when the country’s history was little known until then.…
Sophie Wouters, in the shadow of a young flower girl
/ Podcasts / You tell me the news Painter and now a novelist, Sophie Wouters was awarded the “Prix Brussels author ” of the ” Manneken Price 2022 » and…
The 1st African Book Festival of Marrakech, all fire, all flame
Flam: four initials to designate the African Book Festival in Marrakech which took place a few days ago. For the first time, some fifty writers and artists from the Maghreb…
Alain Françon facing Beckett: in search of the essential
Vladimir and Estragon have been waiting for Godot for 70 years, and so have we… But who is Godot? Godot, for Alain Françon, that’s the essential, that’s the right word,…
Fanny Britt, between oneself and others
Quebec playwright and screenwriter Fanny Britt arrives in France today with her novel ” Make the sugars which received the prestigious Governor General’s Award in Quebec in 2021. A choral…