Reading Hélène Laurain, Until everything burns
An evening with Hélène Laurain and her first novel Until Everything Burns, moderated by PD Dr. Bettina Lindorfer from the TUD Dresden University of Technology
Plakat Lesung Hélène Laurain, Bis alles brennt, 23.10.24, Institut français Dresden
Laetitia, the protagonist of Hélène Laurain's first novel Until Everything Burns, was born thirty-seven minutes before the explosion in Chernobyl. She is horrified by the plan to bury radioactive waste from France, Germany and Luxembourg in her native Lorraine. Laurain tells a gripping story about the wishes, hopes and fears of a generation that believes the fight against climate change is lost - and yet chooses activism.
Hélène Laurain, born in Metz in 1988, studied political science and Arabic in France and Germany as well as creative writing at the Université Paris VIII.
She lives with her family in eastern France and works as a translator. Bis alles brennt (Voland & Quist 2024, translated from the French by Isabel Kupski) is her first novel.
In cooperation between the Institute français Dresden, the publishing house Voland & Quist and the CFF of TU Dresden.
WHEN: October 23, 2024, 19:00-20:30
WHERE : Institute français Dresden, Kreuzstraße 6, 01067 Dresden
Admission: €3 (reduced: students & Mediathek subscribers), €4 (normal price) - box office only
Photo during the reading Hélène Laurain, Until everything burns, 23.10.24, Institute français Dresden, in conversation from left to right: Hélène Laurain, PD Dr. Bettina Lindorfer © CFF
Photo during the reading Hélène Laurain, Until everything burns, 23.10.24, French Institute Dresden, on the podium from left to right: Kim Marie Krauspe, Hélène Laurain, PD Dr. Bettina Lindorfer © CFF
Photo during the reading Hélène Laurain, Until everything burns, 23.10.24, French Institute Dresden, the author reading from her novel. © CFF
Photo during the reading Hélène Laurain, bis alles brennt, 23.10.24, Institute français Dresden, on the podium from left to right: Kim Marie Krauspe, Hélène Laurain, PD Dr. Bettina Lindorfer © CFF
