About this Event
David Diop was born in Paris and raised in Senegal. He is the Head of the Arts, Languages and Literature Department at the University of Pau, where his research includes such topics as eighteenth-century French literature and European representation of Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In 2021, David Diop received the International Booker Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for his second novel, At Night All Blood Is Black (Frère d’âme, Seuil; trans. by Anna Moschovakis, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020). His latest book, Beyond the Door of No Return was shortlisted for the 2023 National Book Award.
Laurence Marie is a Lecturer in the Department of French at Columbia. A specialist of 18th century literature, theater and the arts, and the history of emotions, she is the author of Inventer l’acteur. Emotions et spectacle dans l’Europe des Lumières and of two forthcoming books: a new Folio Classique (Gallimard) edition of Diderot's Paradox of Acting and Les paradoxes du comédien. Cinquante regards sur le métier d'acteur (Gallimard, Hors série littérature).
This event is organized by the Columbia Maison Française. It is part of Villa Albertine’s Authors on Tour program. David Diop’s 2024 US tour is made possible by Villa Albertine and New Directions.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall, Columbia University, New York, United States
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