Leïla Slimani
With France Culture
In an original text, novelist Leïla Slimani reflects on her own relationship with the Arabic language — a language she encounters from Morocco to Paris, from Venice to Lisbon.
Each summer, France Culture takes over the courtyard of the musée Calvet for a week of readings, poetry, thought, and creativity. In resonance with the programme of the Festival d’Avignon, this edition highlights Arabic culture and language, its literature, and its musicality. Renowned actresses and actors will lend their voices to iconic texts, accompanied by authors, poets, musicians, and artists invited for the occasion.
By Leïla Slimani
Why don’t I speak Arabic—my own language?
This painful, dizzying question lies at the heart of my work. It is a source of sorrow, of shame, and it has driven me to constantly reexamine my relationship to identity. Writing may be a way to make peace with that shame—or at least to search for my own language.
A language free from any imposed identity, a language in which I could reinvent myself, become someone else, and launch an assault on the border.
Leïla Slimani was born in 1981. She is the author of five novels published by Gallimard: Dans le jardin de l’ogre, Chanson douce (winner of the Prix Goncourt in 2016 and the Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle in 2017), Le pays des autres (Grand Prix de l'héroïne Madame Figaro 2020), Regardez-nous danser, and J’emporterai le feu.
With Leïla Slimani
Original music and performance Mocke
Directed by Christophe Hocké
Assistant director Aurélie Miermont
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Free admission, subject to availability. We advise you to arrive early.
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Cour du musée Calvet
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Cloître Saint-Louis
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