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Why France?

by Laura Lee Downs & Stephane Gerson

Laura Lee Downs and Stéphane Gerson commissioned historians to write autobiographical essays in which they explore their intellectual, political, and personal engagements with France and its past.
 
 
The 2008 edition of the New York based international literary festival Pen World Voices (April 29th - May 4th) is welcoming several French-speaking participants: Lila Azam Zanganeh, Fatou Diome, Philippe Grimbert, Jean Hatzfeld, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Violaine Huisman, Catherine Millet, Michel Tremblay, and Abdourahman Waberi.
 

On the blog Three percent edited by Open Letter, the press recently opened by Rochester University, you'll find great resources on foreign literature and among other things a database of 2008 translations into English.
 
 
 
matt and jennifer
Matt K. Matsuda
and
Jennifer Jones



Matt Matsuda and Jennifer Jones, professors of History at Rutgers University, both chose France as a field of study. They are the organizers of the 54th annual meeting of the Society of For French Historical Studies.
 
 
French Voices and Hemingway grant 2008

• French Voices 2007 :: Seven additionals titles have been selected: Muriel Barbery’s, L’élégance du hérisson, Yasmina Khadra’s, Cousine K, Lyonel Trouillot’s, Les enfants des héros, Tanguy Viel’s, Insoupçonnable, Marie Darrieussecq’s, Le bébé, Frédéric Pajak’s, Le chagrin d’amour, Jean Starobinski’s, Les enchanteresses.

• Hemingway Grant 2008 :: The deadline for submitting an application is July 15th, 2008.
  

 
 
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