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CafÉ Des Arts - Octobre 2017
Jeudi 19 octobre - 18h30
ENTRÉE GRATUITE Tous les deux mois, à l'Alliance Française, 2 ou 3 experts abordent un sujet sur l'Art pendant 20 minutes, suivi d'une session de questions-réponses.
A l'occasion du Vancouver Writers Fest, venez rencontrer deux écrivains français qui participent au festival! Nos intervenants seront:
Contenu de la présentation: Camille évoquera le fait d'écrire en deux langues, tant sous l'angle du bilinguisme que celui des différences culturelles qui existent entre l'approche française de l'écriture littéraire comme un phénomène mystérieux et solitaire, et l'approche américaine, plus orientée vers le "craft", l'idée que l'écriture littéraire peut s'apprendre en classe, à l'université. Camille parlera de sa découverte de cette nouvelle "culture de l'écriture", et de la façon dont elle a influencé sa propre écriture.
SYLVAIN PRUDHOMME, écrivain français - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Le café des Arts est co-organisé par l'AFV et l'Ambassade de France au Canada avec la participation de Aurélia Bizouard. // Thursday October 19 - 6:30pm FREE ENTRANCE Take a break! Every two months, two or three experts talk about Art during 20 minutes with a Q & A at the Alliance Française de Vancouver. This next Café des Arts will focus on: "Literature". Our speakers will be: ![]() CAMILLE BORDAS, French writer Camille Bordas (born in Lyon in 1987) grew up in Paris and Mexico City and now lives in Chicago. Her transitory life is reflected in her sensitive and thoughtful writing. Her previous novels Les Treize Desserts (2009) and Partie Commune (2011) were published in French. Her fiction has also appeared in The New Yorker. Bordas’ first English novel, How to Behave in a Crowd, published last August by Tim Duggan Books (Crown) has been described by George Saunders as “an utterly charming book.” It is an immersive coming of age story that brilliantly captures the difficulties of being a teenager and the realization that adulthood is just as confusing. SYLVAIN PRUDHOMME, French writer Sylvain Prudhomme spent his childhood in Cameroon, Burundi, Niger and Mauritius. He moved to study literature in Paris, but left to become a full-time writer. He has written several novels, and is one of the founders of the Geste magazine, which publishes interviews with contemporary writers and artists. He was also one of the founders of Le Tigremagazine. His French novel, Les Grands (The Greats), has been translated by Jessica Moore to be released this year. It tells the story of a country that falls under a dictatorship that challenges their ideals and hope. Subjects discussed: Sylvain will talk about what makes a book "contemporary". What makes a book close to us, a friend, necessary, here and now? He will share the writing process of some of his books and tell how, when they evoke the past, it's always an attempt to better understand the present. Sylvain will address the topic of documentary material which is almost always at the beginning of his books and will explain how the transition to the novel, or even the fiction, occurs little by little. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A reception offered by the French Embassy in Canada will take place after the discussion. If you want to participate, please confirm your presence by sending an email to library@alliancefrancaise.ca. The Café des Arts is co-organized by the AF and the French Embassy in Canada, with the participation of Aurélia Bizouard. Avec le soutien de: |