Tag: Literature
Véronique Ovaldé, the Sicilian clan
Véronique Ovaldé has published ten novels, including “And my transparent heart” (France Culture-Télérama prize), “What I know of Vera Candida” (Renaudot prize for high school students in 2009, France Télévisions…
Ilana Navaro, on behalf of minorities
/ Podcasts / In G major Discreetly committed journalist, who leaves on the landing these days, messages in the form of portraits, or documentaries, Ilana Navaro comes from the land…
René Depestre, between poetry and revolution
We know René Depestre poet, essayist, novelist, Renaudot Prize 1988 for his novel Hadriana in all my dreams. Coming to literature through poetry, the man was also a political activist,…
The 1000 books that make you want to read by Sarah Sauquet
Professor of letters and author, Sarah Sauquet has published several books including “A hero and heroine name, a dictionary of literary names” (Le Robert, 2019), “Crossing literature in 365 days”…
Writer Sarah Sauquet: “Literature saved me”
/ Podcasts / Cultural guest The writer Sarah Sauquet publishes an anthology: 1000 books that make you want to read published by Glénat. A beautiful illustrated and thematic book in…
Literature: “There is no rainbow in paradise”, the slave trade in a griot language
/ Podcasts / In person(s) In this book, Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry explores the past and present of Chad, his native country. Slave trade, colonization, world conflicts and coups d’etat which…
Braille books accessible for the first time at the price of a classic book
This Wednesday, January 4, World Braille Day, more than 2,000 books in Braille were made available at the single book price, which until then had only been applied to so-called…
Mélanie Birgelen, Nigeria in gay mode
With ” Nigerian night », Mélanie Birgelen signs an inspired first novel which plunges the reader into the contemporary realities of an African country like Nigeria. A story about identity,…
Literature: Rouda, the power of words and the strength of commitment
/ Podcasts / In person(s) Between Belleville and La Brousse, Ben is looking for his place. He goes through the 1990s, the upheavals of the world and the social struggles…
Géraldine Faladé Touade, discreetly turbulent
This is what Géraldine Faladé Touadé says, sitting in the armchair of En Sol Majeur and who publishes Turbulent, published by Presence Africaine. It’s so true: what would Chimamanda Ngozi…