Soirée littéraire 2014
An evening of francophone literary encounters with readings from the original texts by Belgian, Canadian, French and Swiss authors.

Soirée littéraire, an evening of francophone literary encounters, is jointly presented by Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium, High Comission of Canada, Embassy of France / Institut Français en Inde, Alliance Française de Chandigarh, Alliance Française de Delhi, Alliance Française de Pondichéry, Embassy of Switzerland and Pro Helvetia- Swiss Arts Council.

With the aim to build audiences for contemporary writing in French, the event will take place in 3 cities and will include readings from the original texts by Belgian, Canadian, French and Swiss authors followed by conversations in English by literary experts.

The evening will be moderated by Prof Martin Mégevand from the Université Paris 8.

Pondicherry: Monday 10 March 2014 at 7:00 pm 
Venue: Alliance Française de Pondichéry 
Maison Colombani, 37, Dumas Street, Pondicherry 605001 
Entry open to all.

New Delhi: Wednesday 12 March 2014 at 6:00 pm 
Venue: Alliance Française de Delhi 
72, KK Birla Marg, Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110003 
Entry open to all.

Chandigarh: Friday 14 March 2014 at 7:00 pm 
Venue: Alliance Française de Chandigarh 
Next to Hibiscus Garden, Sector 36 A, Chandigarh 160036 
Entry open to all.

The Authors

Pascale Kramer / Switzerland 
Pascale Kramer was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1961 and now lives in Paris. She studied literature at the University of Lausanne. After a brief stint in journalism, Pascale moved to Zurich to work as part of Jacques Séguéla's team. She later settled in Paris where she works in the field of event's organization. She organizes a documentary films festival about Children's Rights and is in charge of the programming of the African Book Fair that takes place in Geneva in the spring. She has so far published ten novels, amongst them Les Vivants (The Living, Calmann-Lévy, 2000), L'implacable brutalité du réveil (The Relentless Brutality of Awakening, Mercure de France, 2005), and more recently Un homme ébranlé (The Child, Mercure de France 2011), Gloria (Flammarion, Paris, 2013). She has been the recipient of the Prix Michel-Dentan in 1996, Price Lipp in 2001, le Grand Prix du roman de la SGDL in France and le Prix Schiller amongst other prestigious awards. 

France Hédi Kaddour / France
François Emmanuel / Belgium 
Kim Thuy / Canada
Session moderator: Professor Martin Mégevand.

Organisers & partners
Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium / www.diplomatie.belgium.be
Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) / www.wbi.be
High Commission of Canada / http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/india-inde/
Embassy of France in India / http://www.ambafrance-in.org/
Institut Français en Inde / www.bibliofrance.in
Alliance Française de Chandigarh / http://chandigarh.afindia.org/
Alliance Française de Delhi / http://delhi.afindia.org/
Alliance Française de Pondicherry / alliancefrancaisepondichery.com
Embassy of Switzerland / www.eda.admin.ch/newdelhi
Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council / www.prohelvetia.in

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