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From diary to novel

Gwenaëlle Aubry

© Stéphane Haskell - Mercure de France

Wendy Guerra

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Boualem Sansal

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Agata Tuszyńska

© D. R.

Isabelle Rüf

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Robert Solé

© David Ignasewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Boualem Sansal

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Boualem Sansal

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Wendy Guerra

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Robert Solé

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Boualem Sansal

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Agata Tuszyńska

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Gwenaëlle Aubry

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Wendy Guerra

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Boualem Sansal

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Agata Tuszyńska

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

"L'humeur vagabonde" on France Inter

Kathleen Evin

© Christophe Abramowitz

Paul Holdengräber

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Paul Holdengräber / Guy Walter / Kathleen Evin

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Guy Walter / Kathleen Evin

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Guy Walter / Kathleen Evin

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Nicole Garcia reads the Diary of Virginia Woolf

Nicole Garcia

© Sylvie Lancrenon

Nicole Garcia

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Nicole Garcia

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

The body as it imposes itself

Marie Darieussecq

© Hélène Bamberger

Anne Enright

© Joe O'Shaugnessy

Elif Shafak

© Gaëlle Glin

Stéphane Velut

© Mathieu Bourgois

Lucy Dallas

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Florence Noiville

© David Ignaszewski - koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Marie Darrieussecq

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Elif Shafak

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Anne Enright

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Stéphane Velut

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Marie Darrieussecq

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Anne Enright

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Elif Shafak

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Stéphane Velut

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Biology and literature

Jean-Claude Ameisen

© D. R.

Jean-Claude Ameisen

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Jean-Claude Ameisen

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Jean-Claude Ameisen

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

"Cosmopolitaine" on France Inter

Paula Jacques

© Christophe Abramowitz

Wendy Guerra

© Mathieu Bourgois

Boulem Sansal

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Vladimir Sorokine

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Rabih Alameddine / Vladimir Sorokine / Wendy Guerra / Paula Jacques

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

The interviewer interviewed

Bernard Pivot

© D. R.

Paul Holdengräber

© David Ignaszewski - koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Bernard Pivot / Paul Holdengräber

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Bernard Pivot

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Paul Holdengräber / Bernard Pivot

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Bernard Pivot

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Phantom works

Rabih Alameddine

© Basso Cannarsa - Opale - Flammarion

Michèle Lesbre

© Henry Roy - Koboy

José Manuel Prieto

© Mathieu Bourgois

Vladimir Sorokine

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Élizabeth Macocco

© D. R.

Sergey Buntman

© D. R.

Amaury da Cunha

© D. R.

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Vladimir Sorokine / Sergey Buntman / Amaury da Cunha / Michèle Lesbre

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Amaury da Cunha / Michèle Lesbre / José Manuel Prieto

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Sergey Buntman / Amaury da Cunha

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Vladimir Sorokine

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Rabih Alameddine

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Vladimir Sorokine

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Rabih Alameddine

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

José Manuel Prieto

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Erri De Luca: the Bible, day after day

Erri De Luca

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Raphaëlle Rérolle

© D. R.

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Raphaëlle Rérolle / Erri De Luca

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Raphaëlle Rérolle / Erri De Luca

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Erri De Luca

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Does the Bible still inspire writers?

Aharon Appelfeld

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Vincent Delecroix

© C. Hélie - Gallimard

Marilynne Robinson

© Nancy Crampton

Margot Dijkgraaf

© D. R.

Patrick Kéchichian

© C. Hélie - Gallimard

Vincent Delecroix

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Vincent Delecroix / Aharon Appelfeld / Margot Dijkgraaf / Marilynne Robinson

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Marilynne Robinson

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Aharon Appelfeld / Jean-Pierre Morel

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Aharon Appelfeld / Margot Dijkgraaf

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Open How about a coffee, Antonio Caballero? From one writer, another: an invitation

Antonio Caballero

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Dany Laferrière

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Dany Laferrière / Antonio Caballero

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Dany Laferrière / Antonio Caballero

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Dany Laferrière / Antonio Caballero

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Reality stronger than fiction?

Florence Aubenas

© Patrice Normand - Temps Machine

Marie Desplechin

© Hacourt

Raphaëlle Rérolle

© D. R.

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Raphaëlle Rérolle / Marie Desplechin

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Florence Aubenas / Raphaëlle Rérolle / Marie Desplechin

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Florence Aubenas / Marie Desplechin

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Florence Aubenas / Marie Desplechin

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Florence Aubenas / Marie Desplechin

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

And you, A. S. Byatt? Short conversations with ghosts

A. S. Byatt

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Margot Dijkgraaf

© D. R.

A. S. Byatt / Margot Dijkgraaf

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

A. S. Byatt / Margot Dijkgraaf

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

A. S. Byatt / Margot Dijkgraaf

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

A. S. Byatt / Margot Dijkgraaf

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

A. S. Byatt

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

A. S. Byatt

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

The city and urban energy

David Boratav

© C. Hélie - Gallimard

James Frey

© Circe Hamilton - Camera Press - Gamma - Eyedea

Luiz Ruffato

© Daniel Mordzinski

Ivan Vladislavić

© D. R.

Michel Lussault

© D. R.

Thomas Wieder

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

James Frey

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

David Boratav / Michel Lussault / Thomas Wieder / Luiz Ruffato / James Frey

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Ivan Vladislavić

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Luiz Ruffato

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

James Frey

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

David Boratav

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Michel Lussault / Thomas Wieder / Luiz Ruffato / James Frey

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

David Boratav

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

James Frey

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Luiz Ruffato

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Ivan Vladislavić

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Judith Henry

© David Frasson

Chapelier Fou

© Franck Loriou

Judith Henry

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Chapelier Fou

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Is the novel a tired genre?

A. S. Byatt

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Antoine Compagnon

© C. Hélie Gallimard

Laurent Mauvignier

© Hélène Bamberger

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Laurent Mauvignier / A. S. Byatt / Antoine Compagnon / Alexandre Lacroix

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Laurent Mauvignier / A. S. Byatt

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Antoine Compagnon / A. S. Byatt / Alexandre Lacroix

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

The power of the plot

Julia Franck

© Thosten Greve - Flammarion

Leonid Guirchovitch

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Richard Powers

© Mathieu Bourgois

Olivier Rolin

© Hannah

Jérôme Gautheret

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Petra Metz

© D. R.

Olivier Rolin / Leonid Guirchovitch

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Richard Powers / Julia Franck

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Jérôme Gautheret / Petra Metz

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Olivier Rolin / Leonid Guirchovitch

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Julia Franck / Jérôme Gautheret

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Julia Franck

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Julia Franck

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Leonid Guirchovitch

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Richard Powers

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Olivier Rolin

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Madness at work

Roberto Alajmo

© D. R. - Opale

François Beaune

© C. Hélie - Gallimard

Sara Stridsberg

© Cato Lein - Koboy

Gonçalo M. Tavarez

© Teresa Sá

Alain Beuve-Méry

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Mark Greif

© Mark Crop

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Roberto Alajmo / Sara Stridsberg / Alain Beuve-Méry / Mark Greif / François Beaune / Gonçalo M. Tavares

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Roberto Alajmo / Sara Stridsberg

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Sara Stridsberg

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Roberto Alajmo / Alain Beuve-Méry / Mark Greif / François Beaune

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Roberto Alajmo

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Roberto Alajmo

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

François Beaune

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Sara Stridsberg

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

To say and not to say: self-censorship

Geneviève Brisac

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Emmanuel Carrère

© Hélène Bamberger

A. M. Homes

© Marc Melki

Yan Lianke

© D. R.

Albert Mobilio

© Beowulf Sheehan - PEN American Center

Martine Silber

© Melania Avanzato

YAN Lianke / Geneviève Brisac / Albert Mobilio / Martine Silber / Emmanuel Carrère / A. M. Homes

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

YAN Lianke

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Geneviève Brisac

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Emmanuel Carrère / A. M. Homes

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Emmanuel Carrère

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Emmanuel Carrère

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

A. M. Homes

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

YAN Lianke

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Why use "I"?

Sefi Atta

© D. R.

Laurent Mauvignier

© Hélène Bamberger

Julián Ríos

© Jerry Bauer

Norman Rush

© D. R.

Fabienne Dumontet

© D. R.

Fabio Gambaro

© D. R.

Laurent Mauvignier / Sefi Atta / Fabienne Dumontet

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Julián Ríos

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Norman Rush

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Fabienne Dumontet / Fabio Gambaro / Julián Ríos

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Sefi Atta / Fabienne Dumontet / Fabio Gambaro / Julián Ríos / Norman Rush

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Sefi Atta

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Literary impulsion and philosophical scandal

Peter Sloterdijk

© D. R.

Jean Birnbaum

© David Balicki

Jean Birnbaum / Peter Sloterdijk

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Jean Birnbaum / Peter Sloterdijk

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Jean Birnbaum / Peter Sloterdijk

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Reading in original version: Elif Shafak / Bookshop "Decitre"

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Elif Shafak

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Elif Shafak

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Encounter with François Beaune at the Bibliothèque du Bachut - Lyon 8ème

Pierre Bassery / François Beaune

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

François Beaune

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

François Beaune / Pierre Bassery

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Reading in original version: James Frey / Bookshop "Le Bal des Ardents"

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

James Frey

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

James Frey

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Encounter with Geneviève Brisac at the Maison du livre, de l'image et du son - Villeurbanne

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Geneviève Brisac

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Geneviève Brisac

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Geneviève Brisac

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Writing workshop with François Beaune

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

François Beaune

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

A novelist at the museum: Geneviève Brisac

Geneviève Brisac

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

Geneviève Brisac

© David Ignaszewski - Koboy

3rd International Forum on the Novel
3es Assises Internationales du Roman

Un événement conçu et organisé par Le Monde & Villa Gillet.

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