Tag: Novelist
Utopia according to the Sierra Leonean novelist Ishmaël Beah [Rediffusion]
Former child soldier, Sierra Leonean Ishmaël Beah made himself known by publishing The path traveled, a poignant autobiographical account of the Civil War, its darkness and its brutality. He is…
A writing lesson, with Mauritian novelist Shenaz Patel
Between essays, poetry and short stories, Desêtre and other fragments is a collection of literary texts proposed by the 2023 class of the writing workshop sponsored by the French Institute…
Ayn Rand, a novelist too free for the left… and the right
Two episodes of Simpson are dedicated to him. According to a 1991 poll, only the Bible is more influential than his seminal novel, Strike. Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, Brad Pitt…
Mexican novelist Mateo Garcia Elizondo: “Death is a pretext to talk about life”
Mexican novelist Mateo Garcia Elizondo is the grandson of Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He signed with Maurice Nadeau editions a first novel entitled Rendez-vous with the Lady or how…
Meeting in Casablanca, Morocco with the novelist Yasmine Chami
Born in Casablanca, Yasmine Chami, who did all her training in France, graduating in social sciences among other things, published her first novel Cérémonie in 1999 with Actes Sud. After…
The Ivorian poet, philosopher and novelist Tanella Boni
Since the early 1980s, Tanella Boni, who has taught philosophy in Abidjan, has striven to understand the world through all forms of writing. Poet and novelist acclaimed throughout the world,…
Literature: Rwandan novelist Dominique Celis recounts post-genocide society
Thus men cry is the first novel by the Belgian-Rwandan Dominique Celis, published last year. An epistolary story, eminently sensitive and powerful, which puts the Rwandan tragedy back on the…
Chantal Pelletier, the novelist who loved cinema
A traveler in writing as in life, Chantal Pelletier navigates happily from short stories to thrillers, from theater (she was one of the “Trois Jeanne”) to novels. After having already…
Sedef Ecer (Turkish novelist): “The scale of the participation in the elections is a lesson in democracy”
Presidential election in Turkey, a second round is needed to decide between the two candidates in pole position, the outgoing president Reçep Tayyip Erdogan (49%) and his competitor, the social…
Utopia according to Sierra Leonean novelist Ishmael Beah
A former child soldier, Sierra Leonean Ishmael Beah made a name for himself by publishing The Road Traveled, a poignant autobiographical account of the civil war, its darkness and its…