Tag: Literature
François Rollin, the nonsense of the Professor
The actor and writer François Rollin also known to be the Professor at the ” Palace » by Jean-Michel Ribes as King Lot in the series « Kaamelott by Alexandre…
What remains of the language of the Gauls?
According to many observers, not much remains of the language of ” our ancestors the Gauls “. However, many words and expressions are inherited from it, which we have been…
a trip to the heart of the Tanala forest with the writer Hery Mahavanona
In Madagascar, “La nage du porter de feu” is the title of the latest work by the Malagasy poet and novelist Hery Mahavanona. This writer with multiple lives, a retired…
Jean-Noël Jeanneney, former CEO of Radio France, former president of the National Library
Pierre-Édouard Deldique receives in Idées: Jean-Noël Jeanneney, former CEO of Radio France, former minister, former president of the National Library of France, producer of the program “Concordance des temps”, publishes…
On the way to pregnant virgins
On the occasion of the Documentary and Book Festival “Le Grand Bivouac” which has just been held in Albertville, we set off to discover an original path, traced by the…
“The Dropouts”, by Rachid Zerrouki
In Les décrochés, Rachid Zerrouki, a teacher, went to meet former students who left school without any qualifications. What makes you leave school at 14 to go into the world…
Close-up on the first winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1903: John-Antoine Nau
Who was John-Antoine Nau, winner of the first Goncourt prize in 1903? An adventurer as much at home in San Francisco as in Martinique. A poet keen on freedom and…
A wandering in the margins of contemporary France, with Nadia Yala Kisukidi
Franco-Congolese, Nadia Yala Kisukidi is a rising figure in African philosophy. Fascinated by novelistic writing, the philosopher delivers with Dissociation, his first novel published this fall, a very noticeable swerve…
“India, a fragile giant”, by Olivier Da Lage
The India of Gandhi and Nehru, founded 75 years ago on secular principles, is increasingly dominated by the Hindu nationalism of the BJP, the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra…
Olivia Rosenthal, to seek at the end of the world what is buried in oneself
Olivia Rosenthal is the author of a dozen fictions with Éditions Verticales, including We are not here to disappear (2007, Wepler-La Poste Foundation Prize 2007), What do the reindeer do…