Tag: Literature
Literary back to school 2022: “It’s a lottery by definition”
After an exceptional year for the world of French publishing, only 490 novels are expected at the start of the 2022 academic year. The headliners are called Virginie Despentes with…
death of Déwé Gorodey, pioneer of Kanak literature and the struggle for independence
We learned of the death of the novelist Déwé Gorodey, Sunday August 14, at the age of 73. Also a pioneer in the struggle for the independence of New Caledonia,…
Hakan Günday – In G major
Red carpet for Hakan Günday, the youngest of a young and bubbling Turkish literature. And that rhymes with revolution. (Rebroadcast 4/6/2016) Hakan Gunday, author of eight explosive and underground novels,…
Jean-François Samlong, Mémona Hintermann, Michèle Rakotoson, Bonbon Vodou, among others, 6th stage
This week, we are taking you to Reunion for a special show, to discover several personalities. Appointment with the Reunionese author Jean-François Samlong; the French author and journalist from Réunion,…
One land, one author: in Mali with Diadié Dembélé
Diadié Dembélé was born in Kodié, in western Mali. A graduate of the Master’s degree in literary creation from the University of Paris VIII, he works as an interpreter in…
In the spotlight: Salman Rushdie stabbed
The author of satanic verses passed over by the sword of Damocles? For the time being, no certainty about the motivations of his attacker, Salman Rushdie still being hospitalized, on…
In the company of books, with the Tunisian Yamen Manaï
An engineer by training, the Tunisian Yamen Manaï chose literature to express his revolts, his frustrations and his despair in the face of the excesses of the world. At 40,…
[En intégral] Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (Senegal): “Enclosed Land”
Written in 2015 by the man who will become the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to win the Goncourt Prize, this novel takes place in Kalep, a town in Sumal…
How Brittany has remained a land of legends
Fairies and korrigans, the mysterious city of Ys washed away by the waters, Ankou and Arthurian legends… Armorican folklore inspires dreams well beyond the borders of historic Brittany. How can…
Amazon slammed over literary forgery scandal
Clothing, sneakers, leather goods, luxury goods… The counterfeit market is running at full speed on Amazon, the e-commerce giant. A daily survey Le Figaro reveals that publishing is also affected…