Tag: Literature
Sébastien Rutés, the author who does not have his tongue in his pocket
From his fifteen years teaching Latin American literature at the University, Sébastien Rutés keeps this idea of Jorge Luis Borges that there is no better biography for a writer than…
Reflecting on the mystery of writing, with Mauritian Ananda Devi
We no longer present Ananda Devi. A major figure in the French-speaking literary world, this Mauritian-born novelist is the author of around twenty books, including novels, collections of short stories…
Christina Sweeney-Baird, what would a world without men look like?
Christina Sweeney-Baird grew up between London and Glasgow. A freelance journalist for “The Independent” and the “Huffington Post”, she now works as a lawyer specializing in corporate litigation. His first…
Vanessa Schneider, in the mind of a terrorist
After her last novel “Your name was Maria Schneider” which returned to the tragic fate of her cousin, the actress Maria Schneider, the journalist and novelist Vanessa Schneider is now…
Top start for the 2022 RFI Theater Prize
Annual meeting for authors of theater, the call for writings is launched this Monday, March 28. To apply for the 9th edition of the RFI Theater Prize, candidates have five…
Timour Muhidine, protector of Turkish Letters
His street is an atlas, a terrestrial globe, a world map where he finds his way without sextant or astrolabe. Remind me to ask him what a sextant is… This…
“Akamasoa”, a comic strip that traces Father Pedro’s fight for the most deprived
The commitment of Father Pedro Opeka for the poorest in Madagascar is told in a comic strip. Akamasoa, Father Pedro, humanity through actionpublished by the Reunionese publishing house Des Bulles…
In Iasi, Romania, for French-speaking women’s writing
On the occasion of the Week of the French Language in the world, literary meetings were held in Iasi in Romania devoted to French-speaking women’s writings, in the presence of…
At the crossroads of the worlds, with the first-time novelist Walid Hajar Rachedi
Franco-Algerian, Walid Hajar Rachedi delivers, with What am I going to do in paradise? a promising first novel. Half-autofiction, half “road-novel”, this book tells the initiatory quest of its central…
The Algiers International Book Fair placed under the sign of memory
After a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 25th edition of the Algiers International Book Fair, SILA, was inaugurated on Thursday March 24. The show takes place at…