Toby Litt

• from: 08.12.2008
• to: 13.12.2008

English writer on the Tour de France of European writers

agenda

From 8th to 13th December 2008

Practical

Several venues in France (see below)

Leader of the new generation of British writers, Toby Litt was born in 1968.
After reading English at Worcester College, he studied creative writing before concentrating entirely on writing. In 2003, the magazine Granta nominated him one of the twenty most promising young novelists in the United Kingdom. His books are varied. He can write both psychological thrillers like Corpsing (published in French as Doux carnage, Seuil, 2001) or Deadkidsongs (published in French as Gang, Seuil, 2002), or fantasy novel like Hospital (Un hôpital d'enfer Phébus 2008, French translation by Alain Defossé).
Litt disregards the conventions of television series by introducing the supernatural, creating something situated between ER and Cronenberg. With Black Masses, diabolical prophecies and resurrected dead, the writer destabilizes the contemporary novel more than ever. For avant-gardists only.

Monday, December 8th:

- 15:00-17:00, Lycée Théodore Monod, Noisy-le-Sec, European Class
Coordination: Isabelle Chemin, teacher and librarian
Moderator and host: Fahrida Bezzi, English teacher and coordinator of European classes, Christian Krock, librarian and English teacher
Interpreter: John Beardsley, English teaching assistant
187 rue de Brément - 93130 Noisy-le-Sec
Tuesday, December 9th
- 9:30-11:30, Lycée l'Initiative, Paris, Business Baccalauréat Class
Reception: Isabelle Pfeiffer, French teacher
20 rue Bourret - Paris 19ème
- 18:00, Canal multimedia library, Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Moderator: Patrick Houdin, head of the multimedia library network
Interpreter: Pascal Fougères
Meeting organized in partnership with the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines multimedia library network
Quai François Truffaut - 78056 Montigny-le-Bretonneux

Wednesday, December 10th:

- 14:00, SCEREN-CRDP Nord-Pas de Calais, Lille
Host: Georges Guillain, French teacher, project leader at the Reading-Writing Commission of the Lille Arts and Culture Academic Delegation, contributor to the Quinzaine Littéraire Magazine
Meeting organized in connection with the "Discovery of Contemporary Literature" training session
Moderator: Sandrine Bétrancourt, French literature teacher, Coordinator at the Arts and Culture Academic Delegation
Interpreter: Daniel Guareschi
31 rue Pierre Legrand - 59000 Lille

Thursday, December 11th:

- 14:00, Lycée Berthelot, Calais
Reception and coordination: Martine Resplandy, French teacher
Meeting with the Marie-Christine Cichy's European 5th and 6th forms
224 bd Gambetta - 62100 Calais

Friday, December 12th:

- 14:00, Wazemmes College Lille
Reception and coordination: Georges Guillain, French teacher, contributor to the Quinzaine Littéraire Magazine
Meeting organized in connection with the training session by the
Reading-Writing Commission of the Lille DAAC to welcome the author.
Interpreter: Daniel Guareschi
53 bd Montebello - 59000 Lille

Saturday, December 13th:

- 14H, Escales Hivernales de Lille Room
Reception: Ludovic Paskoviak
Interview: Philippe Lefait
In partnership with the Escales des Lettres association
Main Hall of the Lille Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Place du Théâtre - 59000 Lille

• Updated: 30.12.2008

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