17 authors, often assisted by an actor or a translator, present one of their works in the form of a
video, with readings of excerpts (in French and the original language) and short interviews.
At 6 pm on Saturday 29 May, the visitors presenting the books and their authors will be
put on line on the FICEP website and Youtube channel every 20 minutes.
From poetry to detective stories and novels for young readers, discover twenty unique literary worlds
from the comfort of your armchair.
Stina Stoor
Stina Stoor, an author from the far north of Sweden whose lyrical prose is rich with local dialect, has been translated for the first time into French. She will be our guest at a special evening event and will be talking about her collection of short stories published under the French title Sois sage, bordel !
This collection of nine short stories takes us into the depths of the Swedish countryside. With her signature combination of dark humour and poetry, Stina Stoor gives us snapshots of childhood: the disastrous excursion of a young boy and his older brother in a forest; an angry girl’s successful fishing trip; an unexpected gift from a sick father; and a birthday party that brings together two worlds that were never supposed to meet. In this vast wilderness of forests, lakes and rivers, nature is bitter, vibrant and sublime, people are lonely and desperate and relationships are toxic…but its inhabitants take root and grow like tough wild grass.
On the programme:
Pierre Jarawan – Germany / Carolina Schutti – Austria / Maud Joiret – Belgium / Mireille Gagné – Canada / Vicenç Pagès – Catalonia / Anne Cathrine Bomann – Denmark / Indrek Koff – Estonia / Paul Nirvanas, Minos Efstathiadis and Christos Markogiannakis – Greece / Caoilinn Hughes – Ireland / Emanuele Trevi – Italy / Alvydas Šlepikas – Lithuania / Fabienne Faust – Luxembourg / Marianne Lohse – Poland / Dulce Maria Cardoso – Portugal / Jáchym Topol – Czech Republic / Stina Stoor – Sweden / Chi Ta-wei – Taiwan
Complete programme: www.ficep.info
An event organised for the ninth consecutive year by the Forum des Instituts Culturels Étrangers à Paris, a unique organisation that brings together 57 foreign cultural centres and institutes whose aim is to highlight cultural diversity in Paris and to stage events involving all its members.
Meet the author Stina Stoor at the Institut Suédois 3 June at 18:30. Click here to learn more about the event.