Tag: Literature
Combating air, water and soil pollution: European solutions
Plastics in the oceans, cars in city centers or pesticides in the fields. Europeans are looking for local solutions to improve their living environment and fight against pollution. Plastic in…
Death of René de Obaldia, the French Academy loses its dean
Poet, playwright, novelist, René de Obaldia died this Thursday, January 27, at the age of 103. He is a discreet author of great humor that disappears, biting and caustic at…
Audrey Najar, such an ordinary neighbor
Audrey Najar’s first novel tells of a neighborhood investigation into an “ordinary” man, in an ordinary place, who is about to commit irreparable harm. It is a classic of the…
“Les Aquatiques” by the Franco-Cameroonian Osvalde Lewat laureate
The ceremony was held at the National Museum of the DRC in the presence of Félix Tshisekedi, current President of the African Union. Osvalde Lewat will receive his award in…
Literature: “Alix’s Diary” by Iegor Gran, anthropophagous and feminist novel
“When the man is eaten raw, he is soft to the bite, his flesh is delicate, and I never know which wine to choose.” Thus begins the astonishing monologue that…
Fawzia Zouari, thread, blood and words, a look back at a Tunisian childhood
Born in Le Kef in Tunisia, Fawzia Zouari holds a doctorate in French and comparative literature. Based in Paris since 1979, she is a journalist and writer. His work is…
The Gospel According to John Michael Coetzee
Nobel Prize in Literature 2003, South African JM Coetzee is the author of 13 novels, three autobiographical stories, collections of short stories and literary essays. Admired for his uncompromising prose,…
“The Amazons of the Mossad”, by Michel Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal
Contrary to popular belief, the Mossad spy is not necessarily a man, women have become a cornerstone of the Israeli intelligence services. They would represent 40% of the workforce and…
Jérôme Fourquet: “The French archipelago, birth of a multiple and divided nation”
Pierre-Édouard Deldique receives in his magazine Idées: Jérôme Fourquet, political analyst, expert in electoral geography, director of the Opinion Department at the IFOP, author of “The French archipelago, birth of…
Rodney Saint-Éloi, an infinite love for Bertha, his Haitian mother
Born in Haiti, Rodney Saint-Éloi lives in Montreal. Poet, novelist, essayist, he is the founder of the publishing house Mémoire d’encrier. Winner of the Charles Biddle Prize, which highlights the…