Reading Hélène Laurain "Until everything burns" October 23, 2024
An evening with Hélène Laurain and her debut novel *Bis alles brennt*, moderated by PD Dr. Bettina Lindorfer from the TUD Dresden University of Technology
Poster on the occasion of the reading by Hélène Laurain “Bis alles brennt” (Until everything burns) on October 23, 2024, at the Institut français Dresden.
Laetitia, the protagonist of Hélène Laurain’s debut novel *Bis alles brennt*, was born thirty-seven minutes before the Chernobyl explosion. She is horrified by the plan to bury radioactive waste from France, Germany, and Luxembourg in her home region of Lorraine. Laurain tells a gripping story of the desires, hopes, and fears of a generation that believes the fight against climate change is lost—yet chooses to become activists nonetheless.
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.
WHEN? October 23, 2024, 7:00–8:30 p.m.
WHERE? Institute français Dresden, Kreuzstraße 6, 01067 Dresden
Photo 1 on the occasion of the reading by Hélène Laurain “Bis alles brennt” (Until everything burns) on October 23, 2024, at the Institut français Dresden. © CFF
Photo 2 on the occasion of the reading by Hélène Laurain “Bis alles brennt” (Until everything burns) on October 23, 2024, at the Institut français Dresden. © CFF
Photo 3 on the occasion of the reading by Hélène Laurain “Bis alles brennt” (Until everything burns) on October 23, 2024, at the Institut français Dresden. © CFF
Photo 4 on the occasion of the reading by Hélène Laurain “Bis alles brennt” (Until everything burns) on October 23, 2024, at the Institut français Dresden. © CFF
