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Cinema Duras at Anthology Film Archives March 12-18
From March 12th through the 18th, Anthology FIlm archives will be presenting a retrospective of the films of Marguerite Duras as part of the “In the Words of Duras” festival. If you’ve been reading about the great plays and lectures in this festival, which began on February 18, don’t miss out on it’s final... »
“Marguerite Duras par Hélène Bamberger” Opens “In the Words of Duras” Festival
One day, I was already old, in the entrance of a public place, a man came up to me. He introduced himself and said: “I've known you for years. Everyone says you were beautiful when you were young, but I want to tell you I think you're more beautiful now than then. Rather than... »
Muriel Barbery Opens up to Adam Gopnik about “The Elegance of the Hedgehog”
Every now and then a book comes along that is so off the beaten path, that so wholly and charmingly occupies its own space, that the world can’t help but stop and take notice. The story behind the unlikely success of The Elegance of the Hedgehog –the international bestseller from French author Muriel Barbery—is as disarmingly... »
“Every Word Contains the World,” A Conversation Between Adam Gopnik and Nobel Prize Winner J.M.G. Le Clézio
In her introduction to Friday night’s festival-opening event, Caro Llewellyn, Director of PEN World Voices: The New York Festival of International Literature, feted the festival’s fifth birthday with a retelling of its roots. She recalled skeptics’ claims that the volume of literary events and readings in New York negated the need for such a... »
Land of Refuge, Land of Exile: French Writers & Artists in the U.S. During the Occupation Years
“When France fell to the Germans in 1940, a number of French writers, intellectuals and artists fled France and found refuge in the U.S. mostly in New York and on the East Coast. Some worked for the U.S. government, some militated for Free France, most continued their creative work. Many of the French were... »
The Arrogance of the Anglo-Saxon, or Why Sartre was Wrong and French Literature is Paying for It
The conversation between the French novelist Frédéric Beigbeder and the American journalist Paul Berman was among the most explosive of the “Festival of New French Writing” conference. The panel got off to a shaky start, when the lanky, long-haired Beigbeder and Tom Bishop, the slightly-balding, distinguished Director of NYU’s Center for French Civilization and Culture,... »