This event is in the past.It took place on April 7, 2026 at Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

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Literature Talk
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April 7 at 6:30pm

Star performer
At Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Bercy, Paris

📺Livestreamed on BnF YouTube channel
❓Audience Q&A at the end
📚Her manuscripts are archived here

Step into the mind of Marie-Hélène Lafon, the Renaudot-winning author who turned forty years of teaching into spare, luminous novels rooted in Cantal's peasant life. This intimate masterclass peels back the layers of literary creation: where stories begin, how silence becomes prose, and what it means to write the invisible.

Award-winning author
Literary masterclass
Behind-the-scenes writing
Live podcast recording