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Culture
BnF: Call for donations for the acquisition of the Maurice Genevoix archives
Entering the Pantheon on November 11, 2020, Maurice Genevoix (1890-1980), writer, Goncourt Prize 1925 for Raboliot, perpetual secretary of the French Academy, was one of the major players in the literary life of the XXᵉ century.
The Goncourt Prize to the Senegalese writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
The Goncourt 2021 is awarded to Mohamed Mbougar Sarr for his novel “La plus secrète mémoire des hommes” (Éditions Philippe Rey).
“When wine makes its revolution
In a book with subtle aromas, Etienne Gingembre and Mohamed Najim tell us all about the terroirs, the appellations, the grape varieties and the winemakers of our beautiful country. To be tasted without moderation
“The French Fracture”
During a night of chaos in the hospital, Catherine Corsini evokes both the health crisis and the yellow vests, and even manages to make us laugh.
Albert Londres at the BNF: 140 years later, what have we done with the freedom of the press?
In 2021, the Albert-London Prize coincides with the 140th anniversary of the 1881 law on freedom of the press.
Zemmour excommunicated by the CSA
The polemicist Eric Zemmour is the subject of a media ban by the CSA which prevents him from continuing his columns on CNews. Will this incomprehensible decision block his way or open the doors to the Élysée Palace?
August letter from Aurole Kepler to Gaia
Our planet Earth, Gaia in Greek, considered as a living being, regularly corresponds with another planet in the universe, Aurora Kepler 452 B in the constellation of the Swan. Gilles Voydeville makes us discover this magnificent interstellar correspondence.
“Les Ombres du Bataclan” by Francis Gillery
ARTE’s shock documentary asks disturbing questions. A few days before the start of the trial of Salah Abdeslam, a fascinating documentary comes to shake up the official theses about the police intervention on the evening of November 13, 2015.
Testimony: “A Life of Endless Covid
Annabelle Georges, 37 years old, tells in an autobiographical book (Ilion Editions) the ordeal she has endured since March 20, 2020. She testifies to help all those who, like her, are confronted with the incomprehension of the medical profession and some of her friends.
“Les Silences de Julien” by Gilles Laporte
In his new book, the Vosges novelist tackles a theme that is as painful as it is current: disability. However, this novel, whose plot takes place in Mirecourt (88), takes a benevolent look at “abnormality” and reveals the formidable hope of social integration through learning. Interview.
Macron’s communication stunt with the Seabubbles
The story is old. But the former Secretary of State for the Budget, Christian Eckert, cannot resist the urge to return to this tasty episode when he was at Bercy and which says a lot about the mentality of a certain Emmanuel Macron, then Minister of the Economy, who has since become President of the Republic.