Etiket: Literature
The Gérardmer Fantastic Film Festival under the sign of literature
Welcome Culture Movie theater The 31st edition of the Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival (Vosges) opens Wednesday evening and returns to the foundations of literature. The festival will see long…
This winter, in Montreal, the theater gives pride of place to literature
Novels on stage The winter season gives pride of place to literature. Several shows bring a romantic work to the stage, starting with that of Catherine Mavrikakis In The sky…
Kevin Lambert, the new face of Quebec literature
The young thirty-year-old author Kevin Lambert has joined the greats of French-speaking literature. He is our Personality of the Year 2023, “Culture” category. Kevin Lambert has carved out a place…
French and foreign literature | Our favorites of the year
Among all the French novels and translations that we have been able to discover over the last 12 months, here are 10 that we will not soon forget. Published at…
Literature: Alexandre Dumas, a grandson of a slave who became one of the most famous writers
Welcome Culture Books Published on 11/12/2023 23:00 Video length: 2 min Literature: Alexandre Dumas, a grandson of a slave who became one of the most famous writers “The Three Musketeers:…
Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 | “Writing can save lives,” says Jon Fosse
(Stockholm) “Writing can save lives,” said Norwegian Jon Fosse, 2023 Nobel Prize winner in literature, on Thursday, speaking in a conference before the award ceremony of the numerous suicides appearing…
literature “at child level” to prevent and raise awareness
Welcome Culture Books General literature and children’s literature contribute to and echo society’s broad awareness of incest and sexual violence. They already constitute a valuable support for starting a conversation…
Children’s literature: Renaming the living to be reborn into the world
Living things are in danger. It is cruel to say it, anxiety-inducing to remember it, and exhausting to repeat it. Climate catastrophe threatens life that took millennia to generate and,…
From Kevin Lambert to Neige Sinno, let literature remain!
He was due to win a big laurel in France. After the December prize and the Page III prize awarded in Paris, the prestigious Médicis fell on Thursday to Quebecer…
The album “Seuls” wins the TD Prize for children’s literature
Author Paul Tom and illustrator Mélanie Baillairgé won the TD Prize for Canadian Children’s and Youth Literature on Monday, which highlighted the exceptional quality of their illustrated album Alone. Accompanied…
Rewrite Agatha Christie? “There are bigger problems,” says literature Nobel Prize winner
(Paris) Should we erase racist passages in the novels of dead authors like Agatha Christie? The 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah, is not against it, but believes…
Children’s literature | To read for Halloween
Witches, vampires, ghosts, spiders and other creatures experience astonishing adventures in these children’s books perfect for immersing yourself in a Halloween atmosphere. Updated yesterday at 11:00 a.m. A witch in…
a classic of vampire literature by Alexei Tolstoy adapted with passion
Adrien Beau’s first feature film, this adaptation is a pleasant surprise in a French cinema which is leaning more and more towards fantasy. The Animal Kingdom, Acid, The Scourge…fantastic cinema,…
The Israel-Hamas war and literature
At the start of this new Israel-Hamas war, the bookseller that I am was wondering what titles to offer to readers, which immediately raises the question of what literature can…
Literature as a flag of civilization
This week, French newspapers revealed a social fact that was as evocative as it was unusual. The Council of State has just banned the construction of a wind farm in…
Father of three daughters, lover of literature and poetry… Who was the teacher killed during the terrorist attack in a high school in Arras?
Welcome News Knife attack in a high school in Arras This French teacher was killed during a knife attack Friday morning in the Gambetta-Carnot middle school in Arras (Pas-de-Calais). At…
American poet Louise Glück, Nobel Prize winner for literature, has died at the age of 80
Welcome Culture Books This native of New York became the sixteenth woman to win this prestigious literary award. Published on 13/10/2023 23:03 Reading time : 1 minute American poet Louise…
Nobel Prize in Literature | Jon Fosse already widely translated into French, but little read
(Paris) The 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Norwegian Jon Fosse, is already widely translated into French, but remains little known to the general public, with nearly twenty titles which…
The Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Norwegian Jon Fosse
The 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded Thursday to Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse, for his “innovative” work which gave a “voice to the inexpressible”, according to the jury. The…
The Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Norwegian Jon Fosse
(Stockholm) The 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded Thursday to Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse for “his innovative plays,” the jury announced. Posted at 7:31 a.m. The Swedish Academy honored…