Tag: History

Cultural openness

On June 10, the opening ceremony of the third edition of the Nostre Mar festival took place. A festival wishing to bring people together so as not to spread anti-LGBT hatred, racism and anti-semitism.

I listened to the first part devoted to a conference by the historian Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci on the theme “fascism and anti-semitism” as well as the second part which was called “entre-là” and which was devoted to music.

It was an intense moment of reflection and exchange.

The memorial also has very interesting books.

Here are some photos from the evening:

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The wind turbines outside the Rivesaltes memorial
baraques du camp
One of the camp barracks outside the memorial
Céline
The author at the memorial a little before the conference
two people in front of a screen
Inside the auditorium, the historian and a member of the memorial
panel representing the speaker and the group and announcing the festival
On this poster, two photos, one representing the speaker and the other the group in concert. The photo I wanted to post of the concert was blurry so I opted for an existing one.
books
Library of memorial

Link to the memorial to inform you.

 

Truth and historical fiction

As an author, it is logical to ask questions about writing such as: if I write historical fiction must it necessarily respect a historical background?
It is often by approaching a definition that the solution appears. A historical fiction is above all a literary work and unlike a book written by a historian whose objective would be to relate the facts with the greatest accuracy, taking liberties with the text is part of the artistic process. It is up to everyone to situate themselves according to their personnality, more or less close to what we could consider as historical reality.
Sometime ago, I read an interesting article about the new film adaptation of The 3 Musketeers (A. Dumas) after seeing the film. And that made me think. It is obvious that the author imagined many facts on a historical background but at no time did the novelist position himself as a specialist but more as an enthusiast who made his characters live adventures. And this, whether he worked alone or in a group. I think as an author, writing historical fiction is different from writing historical essays.

Link :

Lire Magazine littéraire n°517 (article read about 3 musketeers)

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