Events will take place at several sites throughout Paris, including the BnF, the Musée du Louvre, and the théâtre de la Ville, with a series of special events taking place in Lyon.
Featured writers include:
Richard Ford
Kiran Desai
Amin Maalouf
David Grossman
Deborah Eisenberg
Vassilis Alexakis
Michael Ondaatje
Nadeem Aslam
Ma Jian
Elif Shafak
All participating authors have been published in French, and sessions will be conducted in French and English.
ADMISSION:
Many daytime events will be free on a first-come-first-seated basis. Tickets can be purchased for the other events for about the price of a movie ticket. Tickets will go on sale in late August. For more information, contact [email protected]
The Festival des Ecrivains du Monde is presented by Columbia University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France and supported by Le Monde. It is organized by Caro Llewellyn, who produced the PEN Festival in New York, the Centennial Festival of the New York Public Library, and the Sydney Writers' Festival.
