News from the Francophone Research & Resource Center

On Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

A celebration of the diversity and vibrancy of the French-speaking world and its culture through an afternoon of events.

The day kicked off with students of French: sixty of them had the chance to play with words through three different workshops. In the afternoon, a "Café des sciences" took place. Students as well as community members interested by nanobiology enjoyed a presentation by Dr Fabien Pinaud. This was followed by the Pi Delta Phi ceremony where exceptional French students became members of this honorable society after a formal speech by the French Cultural Attaché.
Then, the Consul General of France gave a speech on the importance of the "Francophonie" before introducing several speakers who had lived in a French speaking country. At the end of the day, participants had the chance to enjoy Lebanese cuisine before viewing a French Canadian movie called Starbuck. 

This day was a chance for people coming from different backgrounds and environments to meet and share their love of the Francophone culture!

For more information please go to: http://www.consulfrance-losangeles.org/spip.php?article2051

Author: Noëmie Le Roux

On Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Co-founder of Liberation, one of the most popular French newspapers,  Michel Le Bris created and directed along with Jean-Paul Sartre, the collection “La France sauvage” at Gallimard editions. As a novelist, Michel Le Bris wrote Les flibustiers de la Sonore in 1990, La beauté du monde in 2008 and a biography of Stevenson (Les années bohémiennes, 1994).
During this lecture, he described when French citizens were about to take California in the 1840s, and how they already had some of the biggest cities (such as San Francisco) in their hands.

Click here to access the audio version of the lecture (in French)

Click here to read the transcription of the lecture (in French)

Author: Noëmie Le Roux

On Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, and essays, French editor and author Yves di Manno is also well-known for his translation of American poets, notably William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, George Oppen, and Jerome Rothenberg. During this lecture, Yves Di Manno read some poems from his latest book of essays, a reflection on his relationship with American poetry, Objets d'Amérique, which was published in 2009. He is now working on a new poetic essay, No Man's land and on the third revision of the translation of the  Cantos of Ezra Pound. 

 Author: Noëmie Le Roux