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.
Entretien avec Amin Maalouf et Nadeem Aslam A Conversation with Amin Maalouf & Nadeem Aslam
On the left : Amin Maalouf © Jérôme Bonnet / On the right : Nadeem Aslam © Richard Lea-Hair
Place Joannès Ambre
Lyon 4ème
An event presented as part ofFestival des Écrivains du Monde 2013 curated by the University of Columbia in the City of New York and la Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Join us for a special evening with Amin Maalouf and Nadeem Aslam in Lyon for a conversation with Sandrine Treiner, writer and deputy manager and programming director of France Culture about home and the consequences of leaving it behind.
Lost or found, with nostalgia or regret or longing—how do we see and speak about the country where we were born once we’ve left it behind? What is the desire to leave or to stay? How does our native country surface and show itself in writing?
Born into the Christian minority in Lebanon and settled in France since 1976, Amin Maalouf’s first book, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, was a huge success and remains in print after more than twenty years. Winner of the Prix Goncourt for The Rock of Tanios in 1993, he is the author of many books, including Ports of Call, Origins: A Memoir, and On Identity. He has been a member of l’Académie française since 2011.
Born in Pakistan, Nadeem Aslam moved with his family to the UK as a teenager when his father, a Communist, fled President Zia’s regime. His 2004 novel, Maps for Lost Lovers, was longlisted for the Booker Prize and received numerous awards. Author of three other novels, his most recent is The Wasted Vigil. Nadeem Aslam’s work is published in more than ten countries.
This event is in partnership with Passages bookshop.
> 5 € / free for students, high school students, job seekers and Les Amis de la Villa Gillet (on presentation of documents). Payment is by check or cash.
Reservations are closed for this event. If you wish, you can go to le Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse from 7pm to get last-minute tickets.
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