French literature

Marie Ndiaye on a Novel’s Many Twists and Turns

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Vengeance Is Mine

 
By Jane Ciabattari  October 24, 2023
Humor

Was Marcel Proust A Comedian? On the Unexpected Humor of In Search of Lost Time

By Michael Wood  August 25, 2023
Criticism

The End of Desire: Christiane Blot-Labarrère on Marguerite Duras’s No More

By Christiane Blot-Labarrère  March 22, 2023
On Translation

Why Turgenev Remains One of the Most Important Russian Writers (And Why You Should Read the Constance Garnett Translation)

By Josh Billings  December 19, 2022
On Translation

Trauma Spoken and Unspoken: How Francophone Women Writers Tackle Sexual Violence

By Dr. Dominique Carlini-Versini  September 2, 2022
On Translation

Rachel Careau on How Translating Roger Lewinter Helped Her Translate Colette

By Rachel Careau  July 8, 2022
The Hub

Vive the erotic far left! Why Violette Leduc’s The Taxi needs a new translation.

By Jonny Diamond  April 7, 2021
French literature

Immobilized and in Love with Albertine Sarrazin, Patron Saint of Delinquent Writers

By Cora Womble-Miesner  March 18, 2021
The Hub

Two of my favorite writers died this day. Here’s why you should read them.

By Jonny Diamond  March 3, 2021
On Poetry

How Claire Malroux’s Translations of Emily Dickinson Shaped Her Own Poetry

By Marilyn Hacker  November 9, 2020
Awards

The 2020 Albertine Prize shortlist features stories of visceral excess and identity-seeking.

By Aaron Robertson  October 30, 2020
Literary Biographies

Nathalie Sarraute: Between Genders and Genres

By Ann Jefferson  August 13, 2020
Nobel Laureates

J.M.G. Le Clézio Talks the Common Good (and Other People’s Books)

By Aysegul Sert  April 13, 2020
News and Culture

Jean Genet on the Hidden Heart of Jean Cocteau

By Jean Genet  February 24, 2020
Daily Fiction

Exposed

By Lit Hub Excerpts  June 20, 2019
The Hub

Négar Djavadi’s Disoriental
 wins the 2019 Albertine Prize for best French novel published in the U.S.

By Kevin Chau  June 5, 2019
A Frenchman in America

On the Beauty of Defeat and the Future of Europe

By Aysegul Sert  May 7, 2019
Awards

Meet the Shortlisted Writers for the 2019 Albertine Prize

By Literary Hub  April 3, 2019
Fathers and Sons

Édouard Louis: On the Youth My
Father Never Really Had

By Edouard Louis  April 2, 2019
Poets

‘The Book of Petitions,’ A Poem by Vénus Khoury-Ghata

By Vénus Khoury-Ghata  March 29, 2019
Excerpts

The Cook

By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 27, 2019
Excerpts

On the Anxiety and Vanity of Marcel Proust, Debut Novelist

By William C. Carter  February 7, 2019
Deep Dive

How a Beloved Children’s Book Was Born of Despair

By Stacy Schiff  April 6, 2018
Excerpts

Blue Self-Portrait

By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 6, 2018
Criticism

How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

By Eric Chevillard  October 30, 2017
Excerpts

How a History of Two Pet Chameleons Made a Case for the Animal Soul

By Peter Sahlins  October 6, 2017
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