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“Minds in Migration," the series of debates launched in partnership with the College International de Philosophy, continues next month in Season II. February 9 at the Jewish Community Center in New York, there will be a discussion with Benjamin Stora on the History of Jewish-Muslim Relations, a book he co-edited with the late Abedelwahab Meddeb. Benjamin Stora will also be at Albertine Books in French and English on February 10. The series will conclude with a discussion featuring Marie-Monique Robin, author of Our Daily Poison.
Also coming in April: Best-selling graphic novelist Annie Goetzinger, who will present her beautiful docudrama on Christian Dior at this year's MoCCA Arts Festival in New York City. As the month draws to a close, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will host a Night of Philosophy, a variety of lectures and artistic performances that will last from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. on April 25. In May, the physician, historian, novelist, and former French Ambassador Jean-Christophe Ruffin will take part in the PEN World Voices Festival.
And this fall, you can catch 2013 Goncourt winner Pierre Lemaitre at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Several of the authors taking part in the Night of Philsosophy and the PEN World Voices Festival will be available for lectures--stay tuned for details! The authors listed below would be delighted to meet other audiences all over the U.S. Are you interested?
Through our booking program, the authors are available for panel discussions, readings, signings, and symposia, with limited funding available. Priority will be given to institutions that submit a detailed project for an American audience, especially events with wide visibility such as book fairs and multidisciplinary festivals. Preference will also be given to panels involving international or American writers, or events organized in conjunction with an exhibition or another special program. To apply, please read the application procedures, fill out the
application form, and send it to Marine Baudoin for fiction and Anne-Sophie Hermil
for non-fiction. We look forward to working with you on future projects! Marine and Anne-Sophie
The French Book Department
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April 12-25, 2015
Marie-Monique Robin is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. She is the director and producer of more than thirty documentaries and investigative reports filmed in Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Robin is the author of The World According to Monsanto: Pollution, Corruption, and the Control of Our Food Supply (The New Press), Our Daily Poison: From Pesticides to Packaging, How Chemicals Have Contaminated the Food Chain and Are Making Us Sick (The New Press) and Sacrée Croissance, among other works.
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April 2015
Best-selling graphic novelist Annie Goetzinger, published in "Circus", "L'Écho des Savanes", "Fluide Glacial", "Métal Hurlant" and "Pilote" among other places, will participate in the 2015 edition of the MoCCA Arts Festival in New York City. Her latest graphic novel, Girl In Dior, is the sweepingly beautiful docudrama of the life of Christian Dior, starting with the launch of his brand. READ MORE |
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Early May 2015
Jean-Christophe Rufin is a doctor, historian, novelist, and the former French Ambassador to Senegal and Gambia. Rufin has written historical and political essays, as well as science fiction and adventure novels. He is the author of numerous bestsellers, including The Abyssinian, for which he won the Goncourt Prize for a debut novel in 1997, and Brazil Red, the winner of the 2001 Goncourt Prize. READ MORE |
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September 2015
Born in Paris in 1951, Pierre Lemaitre has established himself as a standout writer of the French contemporary roman noir genre. By the time he was awarded the Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, for his novel Au revoir là-haut in 2013, he had seven books and numerous other awards under his belt. Au-revoir là-haut will be released in the US in time for the 2015 Brooklyn Book festival. READ MORE |
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