Monday, October 24, 7:00 p.m.
Florence Gould Event
French Literature in the Making (in French)
Olivia Rosenthal
Novelist, playwright; author of On n’est pas là pour disparaître (Prix Wepler); Viande froide: Reportages; Que font les rennes après Noël ? (Prix du Livre Inter)
in conversation with
Olivier Barrot
Writer, journalist, Un Livre un jour (France 3)
Paris-born novelist Olivia Rosenthal has published 8 books since 1999, including Mes Petites Communautés (1999), On n'est pas là pour disparaître (2007 - Prix Wepler, Prix Pierre Simon) and Que font les rennes après Noël? (2010 - Prix du Livre Inter, Prix Alexandre-Vialatte). She has also written a number of plays and has been featured as a performance artist in collaboration with filmmakers, writers, choreographers and directors for numerous festivals, including Avignon.
Her most recent project L'architecture en parole attempts to depict where people live not through the architecture of places but through the words of those who inhabit and frequent them.
Presented with the additional support of Open Skies, Sofitel, Institut Français, Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
Tuesday, October 25, 7:00 p.m.
Stephen NicholsInventing Paris: The Birth of a Cultural Capital in the Long 14th Century
Stephen G. Nichols, James M. Beall Professor of French and Humanities at The Johns Hopkins University, also served as Director of the School of Criticism and Theory, based at Cornell, from 1995-2000. A specialist in medieval literature, art, and history, he is the author of Romanesque Signs: Early Medieval Narrative and Iconography (James Russel Lowell Prize, MLA), among other works.
Thursday & Friday, October 27 & 28
La Revue PO&SIE: bilans et perspectivesA celebration of PO&SIE, the major French poetry and poetics journal
Michel Deguy, Founder and editor in chief; poet, philosopher
Hédi Kaddour, Member of the editorial board; poet, novelist
Claude Mouchard, Associate editor; poet, critic
Martin Rueff, Associate editor; poet, critic, translator
Eugène Nicole, Professor of French, NYU; novelist, poet
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Thursday, October 27, 7:00 p.m.
PO&SIE: Présentation et lecture de textes
Michel Deguy
34 ans déjà…
Heddi Kaddour
Une revue, la revue, des revues…
Claude Mouchard
PO&SIE et l’évènement
Martin Rueff
Philologie, philosophie et la poétique
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Lecture (courte) de quelques textes (incipits) marquants publiés par PO&SIE
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Friday, October 28, 7:00 p.m.
PO&SIE et les poètes américains
(publications passées et projet d’un prochain numéro)
Poème et “évènement poétique”
Poésie et théorie
In addition to the above sessions, which are free and open to the public, there will be an afternoon seminar on Friday, October 28 for French Department faculty and students.
Sponsored by PO&SIE and the Center for French Civilization and Culture.
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