Etiket: Literature
Will the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature go to a Russian writer, Lyoudmila Oulitskaïa, opponent of the Kremlin
Literary circles which have been engaged in speculation for weeks will be set this Thursday, October 5 at 1:00 p.m. when the Swedish Academy will reveal the lucky winner. Will…
the last ten winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Welcome Culture Books Literary prizes Political commitment, poetry of words, narration of a contemporary world or historical story, while awaiting the official announcement from the Swedish Academy this Thursday, October…
Behind the door | Literature at the service of the libido
The Press offers you each week a testimony which aims to illustrate what really happens behind the bedroom door, in privacy, far, far from statistics and standards. Today: Catherine*, mid-thirties…
The Nobel Prize in Literature, a plea for freedom of expression?
(Stockholm) Will the Swedish Academy dare to make an overtly political choice? The Nobel Prize for Literature, awarded Thursday, could go to a writer who values freedom of expression, according…
Our literature, seen from Europe | The duty
Éric Chacour, Kevin Lambert, Louis-Daniel Godin, Emmanuelle Pierrot… The Quebec presence is of unprecedented weight this year in the first selections of the French literary prizes. Goncourt, Médicis, Femina, Wepler…
Children’s literature | Our suggestions
Among the recently published children’s books, here are six titles that caught our attention. Updated at 11:00 a.m. For the little ones: lesson in courage “Can you be a pirate…
6 shows to see at the International Literature Festival
For 29 years, artists have been creating theatrical works inspired by literature for the International Literature Festival (FIL). Here are 6 suggestions among the sixty shows and activities not to…
Literature is useful | The duty
It is amazing that we still have to defend the importance of literature in education. Do you know a great personality who stood out for his intelligence and wisdom and…
Literature Prize | The French Academy honors Daniel Pennac
(Paris) The French Academy announced Thursday that it had awarded Daniel Pennac its Grand Prize for Literature, which recognizes the entire work of a writer. Posted at 11:37 a.m. This…
Children’s literature | Our Suggestions
Some suggestions for youth books for toddlers, children and teenagers. Updated yesterday at 9:00 a.m. For the little ones: be part of the club Inside Text and illustrations by Jean-Baptiste…
Literature Duty – A better world, here is a fiction!
Once a month, under the pen of Quebec writers, The duty of literature proposes to revisit in the light of current events the works of ancient and recent history of…
Wide angle – Aboriginal literature, more than a flavor of the month
Launched last weekend at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue Book Fair (SLAT), the third edition of In June: I Read Indigenous! already seems to have the wind in its sails according to the…
[Critique] “Francois Ricard. Literature as friendship”, L’Atelier du roman
Professor of literature at McGill from 1971 to 2010, a biting and lucid essayist (The lyrical generation, Agnes’ last afternoon, There literature despite everything), director for nearly 40 years of…
Children’s literature | Our Suggestions
Some suggestions for children’s books for toddlers, children and teenagers Posted at 9:00 a.m. For the little ones: do you know how to plant cabbage? “Children who eat lots of…
Literature to promote indigenous languages
(Montreal) April 23 is declared World Book and Copyright Day by UNESCO. This year, this celebration of literature highlights indigenous languages with the aim of “defending and promoting linguistic diversity”.…
“I’m delighted, French is the language of literature”
Emanuele Trevi is one of those Italian authors recognized in France. It is difficult to explain his success without mentioning these literary prizes such as that of the European Union…
[Opinion] What is Literature?
In his letter to Duty of April 13, Jacques Godbout, taking up the Barthian distinction between “writing” and “writer”, writes that the second “is projected[te] entirely in his work, with…
[Opinion] The porn of literature
A friend drew my attention to the text by Josée Blanchette, Too many books, and I am very grateful to him since it was an enlightening read that made me…
Children’s literature | Our Suggestions
Some suggestions for youth books for toddlers, children and teenagers. Posted yesterday at 12:00 p.m. For the little ones Where did grandpa’s hair go? Text by Martina Djogo, illustrations by…
Literature to negotiate | The duty
Recipe books, car guides as well as yoga and ornithology manuals could be excluded from the legal definition of Quebec literature. Same thing for comics, and perhaps also for children’s…