Tag: Literature
In Saint-Malo with Gwenaële Robert and Patrick Chamoiseau
At the Saint-Malo festival where the 32nd edition of the “Étonnants Voyageurs” festival takes place from June 4 to 6, 2022, meeting on site with the Saint-Malo novelist Gwenaële Robert…
Literature: dreaming in times of war, with the Kenyan Ngugi wa Thiong’o (1/2)
The Kenyan Ngugi wa Thiong’o is the author of an immense body of work inspired by the myths and legends of his country, but also by its political destiny from…
Leonardo Padura, living and writing in Cuba
In Water everywhere, living and writing in CubaLeonardo Padura, one of the greatest contemporary writers in the Spanish language, looks back on his career as a Cuban writer. Through a…
Another story of Algeria with the American writer Alice Kaplan
American writer, academic and historian, Alice Kaplan has worked on memory, autobiography and archives concerning the post-war French literary scene. After being interested in the Algeria of Albert Camus in…
JR Dos Santos, when eating animals destroys our planet
Journalist, war reporter (Syria, Iraq, Ukraine), star presenter of 20H in Portugal for more than twenty-five years, JR dos Santos has established himself as one of the greatest authors of…
Mariken Heitman about winning Libris Literature Prize: ‘I’m still speechless’
The pea plays a major role in the book. The main character, a seed breeder, wants to restore the pea to its original state and not grow it into an…
the International Book Fair targets young readers
The Abidjan International Book Fair (SILA) closed its doors on Saturday May 21 at the Palais de la Culture. After a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event…
“The Factory of Sexism”, by Valérie Rey Robert
The France book of this Sunday, May 22 is interested in reality TV shows, which occupy a large part of the programs and are a reflection of society. Or in…
Mahir Guven, remembering beautiful things and beautiful people
Mahir Guven was born in 1986, he was executive director of the newspaper Le 1 and of the magazine America, and is now literary director of the label “La Grenade”…
Nicolas Struve, correspondence with Russia
We know him without knowing him. He knows it and is not offended by it, even if his CV is as long as a wait between two theater or cinema…