Par
Charles Dos Santos
Published on
Jan 23, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.
It's already there 23e edition of Biography festival has Nimes (Gard). The theme chosen this year is “ Memories of adventurers».
The event takes place from Friday January 24 to Sunday January 26.
Very popular Presidents
This year, this literary event is under the co-chairmanship of two lover of letters. The first, Olivier Weber66, is a recognized travel writer and major war reporter.
The second, Jean-Christophe Rufin72, is a former neurologist. In the 1980s, he successively became President of Action Against Hunger then diplomat before devoting himself exclusively to writing. Since June 2008, he has been a permanent member of the French Academy.
Many meetings
A public meeting is planned with the former neurology specialist at 3:15 p.m., Friday January 24. Another is announced with Olivier Weber, the same day at 16h15. Both take place on the premises of the Nîmes theater .
Multiple debates and meetings with authors from various backgrounds are planned during these three consecutive days.
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After exploring the theme of Childhood Memories last year, many French-speaking authors and guests present to the public their memories of travels and adventures all over the world.
A last minute cancellation
The former presenter of the show “Un livre, un jour” on France 3 Olivier Barrotcancels his visit. As a result, the screening of the film “Noblesse oblige” scheduled for Sunday January 26 at 10:15 a.m. at the “le Sémaphore” cinema iscanceled.
For the rest, more than 200 personalities are announced during these three days in the capital of Gard for this event co-organized by the municipality and the Nîmes booksellers association.
The main authors and personalities invited this year
This year again, the festival welcomes a very large number of French-speaking artists, authors and journalists. For this 23rd edition, the following personalities are announced in Gard:
.. Hubert Védrine, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
.. Michel Moatti, journalist
.. Sylvain Tesson, adventure writer
.. Marine Jacquemin, senior reporter at TF1
.. Dorothée Olliéric, senior reporter at France 2
.. Jacques Gamblin, actor,
.. Vladimir Fédorovski, diplomat,
.. Nelson Monfort, journalist for France Télévisions,
.. Marc Lavoine, singer,
.. Agathe Beaudoin, journalist for Le Monde,
.. Alain Marschall and Olivier Truchot, co-presenters of the show “Les Grandes Gueules” on RMC and RMC Story,
.. Rémy Marion, photographer,
.. Xavier Mauduit, historian and radio host,
The complete list of guests for this 23rd edition can be found on the biography festival website
Biography Festival. Carré d’Art, Place de la Maison Carré in Nîmes (Gard). Opening Friday 24 from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Open from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday January 25 and Sunday January 26. Free and free entry. More information can be found here.
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