Tag: Literature
Jean D’Amérique’s long-awaited “Opera dust” at the Avignon Festival
For the young Haitian poet Jean D’Amérique, the Festival d’Avignon is ” a utopia under the open sky “. And this Friday, July 15 at 11 a.m., the vocalization of…
Prix RFI Théâtre 2022, the shortlisted texts
Following the call for applications for the 9th edition of the “RFI Theater Prize”, eleven unpublished texts were shortlisted for their literary and dramaturgical qualities and their originality. They will…
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Philippe Katerine, Fanny Britt, David Foenkinos, among others, 1st stage
This season, we will take you on a weekly report to a region of the French-speaking world to discover a place or a personality. Today, meet the French singer Philippe…
Mafia Corsica, an island under influence, by Jacques Follorou
Jacques Follorou, great reporter for the newspaper The worldis the author of Mafia Corsica, an island under influence, published by Robert Laffont editions. A book, an investigation into the relationship…
Kerstin Ekman receives the Norrland Literature Prize
The jury selects last year’s best book with a clear Norrland connection in two categories. Kerstins Ekman receives the award in the adult category for her book “Running a wolf”,…
Franck Thilliez, in the maze of the imagination of a thriller author
Franck Thilliez, one of the three most widely read writers in France, is the author of around twenty novels, including “pandemic», «The Unfinished Manuscript», «Luke», «Twice Upon a Time», «1991”…
“Mr. Loverman” by Bernardine Evaristo, activist storyteller
Winner of the Booker Prize 2019 with his masterful girl, woman, other, Bernardine Evaristo dominates British literature with her delightfully subversive writing. The publication in French translation this year of…
“The promise” of Damon Galgut, or the discomfiture of white South Africa
Booker Prize 2021 for his latest novel, South African Damon Galgut delivers with The promise a family saga that deals with the decline of white South Africa. The latest novel…
Family secrets amid the overthrow of the regime in Albania
In 1990, when the Albanian dictatorship was overthrown, Lea Ypi was 11 years old. In his story, Free, a child and a country at the end of history published by…
Katerina Autet, from Russia to France via the United States
Born in Russia, Katerina Autet spent her teenage years in the United States. She chose to come to France, twenty years ago, as part of a university exchange, and never…