French Authors on Tour
In the list below, you will find French authors who are already scheduled to visit the USA. Please read their biographies to determine if they are suitable for your needs.
>> Authors Available For Booking
:: Fiction ::
Philippe Forest
Born in Paris in 1962, Philippe Forest is the author of numerous essays on art and literature and of three novels, all published by Éditions Gallimard: L’Enfant éternel (The Eternal Child, winner of the Prix Femina for a first novel in 1997), Toute la nuit (All Night Long, 1999), and Sarinagara (winner of the Prix Décembre in 2004). He is currently a professor of literature at the University of Nantes, specializing in avantgardes. >> more
Joëlle Jolivet
Joëlle Jolivet grew up near Paris. She studied graphic design before illustrating her first published book in 1989 Danger Bonbon! written
by Christine Brouillet (Souris Noire, Syros, 1989). Today, her works have been exhibited around the world and the books she has collaborated on
have been translated in many languages. Joëlle Jovilet is an internationally acclaimed author and illustrator for children’s books. >> more
Philippe Djian
After graduating from a school of journalism in Paris and doing a series of odd jobs, Philippe Djian began writing a few short stories and novels. He gained fame with Betty Blue (37°2 le matin), the first of his highly acclaimed works of fiction to be translated into English and the basis for the award-winning film by Jean-Jacques Beineix. It remains a best seller book and cult film nearly twenty years after its first release in France.
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Atiq Rahimi
Born in Afghanistan in 1962, Atiq Rahimi fled to France in 1984 to escape the Soviet coup. There he has made a name as a writer and filmmaker of exceptional note. He has been heavily involved in Afghan cultural life since the offensive, particularly in the creation of a “Writers’ House” in Kabul. >> more
Jean-Philippe Toussaint
Born in Brussels, the son of a journalist and a bookkeeper, Jean-Philippe Toussaint studied in Paris where he received an advanced degree in contemporary history from Sciences Po. He taught in Algeria from 1982 to 1984. His first novel, La Salle de bains, was hailed both by critics and the public who appreciated his incisive and uncluttered style in depicting his special universe with a great economy of words.
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:: Non-Fiction ::
Eric Hazan
Eric Hazan is an editor, translator, and the founder-director of the independent publishing house La Fabrique. He also helped form the Franco-Palestinian Medical Association and served as a volunteer doctor in a refugee camp outside Beirut. He will be presenting the translation of his book L’Invention de Paris. >> more
Christophe Bertossi
Christophe Bertossi is the director of the "Migrations, Identities, Citizenship" research program at the Institute for International Relations (Ifri) in Paris. He obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science in 2000 from the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence (France). He also lectures in political science at Sciences Po (Paris). Previously, he was a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick (UK).>> more
Olivier Abel
A former student of Michel Henry, Emmanuel Levinas, and Paul Ricoeur, Olivier Abel first taught abroad in Chad, and then for four years in Istanbul, Turkey. In 1984 he became a Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at the Faculté Protestante de Théologie in Paris where he still teaches. He is the author of nine books and has edited various works on hermeneutics, memory, John Milton, Pierre Bayle, and Paul Ricoeur. >> more
Christian Salmon
Christian Salmon was born in Marseille in 1951. He is a writer and researcher at the Center for Research for the Arts and Language at the CNRS in Paris. The founder of the International Parliament of Writers (promoting creative freedom), he is the author of Tombeau de la fiction, Devenir minoritaire and Verbicide and is a columist for Le Monde.>> more
François Dosse
François Dosse is an intellectual historian and professor at the IUFM Créteil, the Institut d’études politiques de Paris, and the Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines de l’université Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. He is the author of numerous books including a two-volume history of structuralism. >> more
Judith Revel
A former student of the E.N.S Fontenay-Saint Cloud, Judith Revel is a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris I Sorbonne. She is a specialist of Michel Foucault and of political philosophy from 1945 to 1980 (Foucault Deleuze, Derrida, Clastres; Merleau-Ponty, Lefort et Castoriadis…). From 1992 to 1998, Revel taught at the University of Rome III, (Department of Communications and Languages). >> more
Virginie Despentes
Virginie Despentes was born in Nancy in 1969, and now lives in Paris. Virginie Despentes held various jobs (bookseller, translator freelance writer …) before publishing her controversial novel Baise-moi in 1993. It was followed by Les Chiennes savantes, Teen Spirit and Bye Bye Blondie. Her books have been translated in many languages (English, German, Spanish, Finnish…)>> more
:: Past Authors ::
Karim Amellal, David B., Christophe Blain, John Banzaï, Muriel Barbery, Emmanuel Bouju, Laurent Cohen-Tanugi, Nicolas De Crécy, Florence Delay, Agnès Desarthe, Souleymane Diamanka, Fatou Diome, Elsa Dorlin, Jean-Michel Espitallier, Dominique Fabre, Philippe Grimbert, Olivier Godechot, Emmanuel Guibert, Sihem Habchi, Chen Jiang Hong, François Jullien, Inculte Magazine and Publisher, Dominique Kalifa, Hervé Kempf, Smaïn Laacher, Emmanuelle Loyer, Bernard Magnier (Synergie Program), Abdelwahab Meddeb, Léonora Miano, Pap Ndiaye, Amélie Nothomb, Anthony Pecqueux, Olivier Philipponnat, Olivier Rolin, Jacques Roubaud, Daniel Sabbagh, Joy Sorman, Abdellah Taia, Frédéric Valabrègue, Michel Wieviorka.
:: How To Apply ::
If you would like to invite one of the authors listed above, please download the application form in MSWord format, fill it out on your computer, and email it to:
Anne-Sophie Hermil - Non Fiction
:: Mailing Address ::
Book Department | Cultural Services of the French Embassy
972 Fifth Ave. | New York, NY 10075
F 212 439 1455
If you would like to suggest a French author or academic who you think would be an interesting speaker or guest lecturer in the USA, please email us at the email addresses above.
Please note that the opinions expressed by the visiting scholars and authors during theirs presentations are not those of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.
