Tag: Literature
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…
On the new tracks of creolity, with Martiniquais Gerry L’Etang
A newcomer to Caribbean literature, the Martiniquais Gerry L’Etang imposes himself with his new novel Disappearance as an important voice of literary creoleness. Questioning the future of his island in…
Ervé, celestial tramp, life in the street, writing in the skin
Ervé lives on the street. And this inhabits it. He drags with him the burden of a bad childhood and between anger, sadness and melancholy, he writes, among others on…