The Villa Gillet
Founded in 1987, the Villa Gillet welcomes in Lyon fiction and non-fiction writers, artists and scholars from over the world to ponder issues relevant to our ever shiflting world. The Villa Gillet makes the work of exciting contemporary thinkers accessible to the largest audience possible, by organizing events during the year, and during its festivals : the International Forum on the Novel — happening every year in May since 2007— co-organized with "Le Monde", Walls and Bridges, a ten-day series of events that happened from 2011 to 2013 and Mode d'emploi : un festival des idées — a festival of public debates — initiated in 2012.
Bernard-Henri Lévy
PHILOSOPHER
France
Biography
Bernard-Henri Lévy, a philosopher, writer, novelist, filmmaker and journalist, is the author of a considerable body of work. From his first trip to Bangladesh to his investigation into Daniel Pearl’s death in Pakistan by way of his many trips to Sarajevo, he has unceasingly served causes he considers unjust.
Personally invested in the Libyan conflict as well as Nicolas Sarkozy’s unofficial adviser, he has published La Guerre sans l’aimer (Grasset, 2011), a logbook based on his activities during this war. His film, Le Serment de Tobrouk, was filmed in Libya for the most part and presented at the Cannes Film Festival.
