Tag: Literature
Ling Xi, grace and pain according to the French-speaking Chinese writer
Ling Xi left her native China in 1998 to attend a major Parisian business school, she then worked in financial companies. She is the author in French of several fictions:…
In the wake of powerful women, with Chika Unigwe
First novel by Nigerian Chika Unigwe to be published in French, Fata Morgana recounts the trajectories rich in drama and dreams of four African prostitutes stranded on the sidewalks of…
The Revolutionary Guards, the real power in Iran?
Talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal have stalled between Tehran and the signatory countries. The European Union has made a last attempt to try to revive the discussions by…
Cristina Comencini, women, teachers and children
Director, screenwriter and writer, Cristina Comencini was born in 1956 in Rome and attended French high school. She made her debut with her father Luigi Comencini before directing her own…
Subject and answer key for the humanities, literature and philosophy baccalaureate
BAC HLP. The contents of the official subjects of the specialty test “humanities, literature and philosophy” (HLP), passed on Wednesday May 11 and Thursday May 12, 2022 for the baccalaureate…
Female transmission at the heart of the latest novel by Quebecer Lise Gauvin
Novelist, essayist and professor emeritus of the French language department at the University of Montreal, Lise Gauvin has received numerous awards and is one of the founding members of the…
French language: New 2023 edition of the Le Petit Robert dictionary
Each year, the new edition of the Petit Robert of the French language sees new words appear and disappear, mirroring today’s society. What will be the new arrivals and the…
Robert Littell, a Shakespearean drama in Moscow
Robert Littell, master of the spy novel, returns today with ‘The Plague on Both of Your Families’. The American writer explores this time the post-Soviet Russia of the early 90s…
the African lesson of Bernard Mouralis
Enlightenment, essays on a life is an autobiographical story. Its author Bernard Mouralis (1), little known to the general public, was an unforgettable professor of African literature, now retired. Author…
Mariken Heitman from Utrecht wins Libris Literature Prize
Heitman reacted with surprise to the award. “I hadn’t prepared anything, you hear my stammering,” she said after thanking all kinds of people, including her wife and parents. “I also…