France Inter, which has decided to stop “La livre francophone” hosted since 2005 by Emmanuel Khéradannounced Friday that the writer Lilia Hassaine would present a new program dedicated to French-language literature at the start of the school year, confirming information from the newspaper The Parisian.
This new weekly format, scheduled for Saturdays at a time yet to be determined, will be co-broadcast on the Belgian (RTBF), Swiss (RTS) and Canadian (Radio Canada) public media, as was “La librairie francophone”, France Inter told AFP.
« Literature has an essential place on the air », underlined the director of France Inter, Adele Van Reethin a statement sent to AFP. Former “Quotidien” columnist Lilia Hassaine, ” with her writer’s hat, has all the talent to question authors, talk about their works, and defend reading and the work of booksellers who will have an even more important place in this new show. “, she added.
Writer and presenter
Born in 1991, revealed to the general public in the show Yann Barthès on TMC, Lilia Hassaine received the Renaudot des lycéens prize last year for her third novel, Panoramapublished by Gallimard.
In May, Emmanuel Khérad deplored on Facebook the end of his show, ” against his will “. The same month, more than 400 writers and personalities from the literary world, including Marie NDiaye, Atiq Rahimi, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Sorj Chalandon or Jean-Christophe Rufinhad expressed their ” worry » faced with the disappearance of “La livre francophone”, in a column published by the New Obs.
On June 20, the French Academy awarded Emmanuel Khérad the Prize for the Promotion of French Language and Literature.
