Tag: Literature
Yasmine Khlat, breaking the cycle of invisible exiles
Of Syrian-Lebanese origin, Yasmine Khlat was born in Ismaïlia (Egypt). In Beirut, she became an actress and director, then, during the civil war, she left Lebanon for Paris, where she…
Michel de Certeau, French Jesuit priest, philosopher, theologian and historian
Pierre-Édouard Deldique devotes his magazine Ideas to Michel de Certeau, French Jesuit priest, philosopher, theologian and historian. With Anne-Lorraine Bujon, director of the magazine Esprit; Jean-Louis Schlegel, philosopher, sociologist of…
Titaÿna, the woman with the soles of the wind
New episode of “Compagnons de voyage”, our series of portraits of travel writers. Discovering a woman in a hurry, but forgotten: Titaÿna, icon of the Roaring Twenties and the only…
Adrien Bosc, the great crossings and singular destinies
Adrien Bosc was born in 1986 in Avignon. In 2014, he received for his first novel, “Constellation”, the Grand Prix du roman from the French Academy, as well as the…
Ai Weiwei, freedom is the childhood of art
Ai Weiwei is an internationally recognized committed artist. He has made his works and performances into aesthetic and militant manifestos. Today he publishes his autobiography “1000 years of joys and…
a travelogue in the Iran of poets and mullahs
A prolific Turkish writer, Nedim Gürsel publishes Trip to Iran: Waiting for the Hidden Imam. This new book? which is the fruit of the peregrinations of the author through the…
Roberto Saviano or the price of freedom
Since 2006 and the release of his book “Gomorrah”, Roberto Saviano has lived under police protection. Despite numerous death threats from the Camorra, the name given to Neapolitan organized crime,…
Constance Debré, writing constantly and without concession
Constance Debré was born in 1972. She is the author of four novels, including “Play Boy” (Stock, 2016) and “Love Me Tender” (Flammarion, 2020, Les Inrockuptibles prize). “I have a…
“Ukraine: From Independence to War” by Alexandra Goujon
Ukraine is at the heart of the news. In Ukraine, from independence to war published by Le Cavalier bleu, Alexandra Goujon paints the portrait of a country of contrasts, but…
Literature: “Grey Bees”, by Andrei Kurkov
Andrei Kurkov is a “resident of war”, like the characters in his new novel. The Russian-speaking Ukrainian writer recounts the road movie of his character, a 49-year-old beekeeper, and comments…