Tag: Literature
An ascent of Stefan Hertmans: moral autopsy of a collaborator
Over the course of what his readers now recognize as a trilogy, Stefan Hertmans asserts himself as a major and singular voice in Flemish literature. His latest book recounts the…
Paule Constant, on the waves of an African memory
Paule Constant offers us with “The blindness of the rivers”, a journey to the heart of Africa. It recounts the plunge of a Nobel Prize in Medicine into his African…
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…