Reading James Noël and Hector Ruiz “The Migration of Walls” June 20, 2018
Poster on the occasion of the reading “La migration des murs – The Migration of Walls: French-Language Poetry from Haiti and Quebec” of the authors James Noël (Haiti) & Hector Ruiz (Quebec) on June 20, 2018, at the Literaturhaus Villa Augustin in Dresden.
James Noël and Hector Ruiz are among the most important voices in French-language poetry today. What unites them is their understanding of poetry as a medium that reflects a world in motion. Both writers’ work is characterized by observations on loss and the search for new certainties in the present. In this context, poetry proves to be a mode of thinking and writing that equally does justice to the authors’ mobility between worlds and cultures. Their texts are poetic and politically highly relevant.
James Noël, born in Haiti in 1978, sees himself as a globetrotting poet. He has published numerous poetry collections and contributions to anthologies and is the editor of the journal IntranQu’îllités. He has been honored with a number of awards for his work, including the prestigious Villa Médicis fellowship.
Hector Ruiz, born in Guatemala in 1976, lives and works in Québec. The author of three poetry collections and a book on the theory of poetic writing teaches French literature at Collège Montmorency. He is president of the Maison de la poésie de Montréal and a member of La Traversée—Atelier québécois de géopoétique.
The event was a collaboration between the Centrum Frankreich | Frankophonie at the TUD Dresden University of Technology, the Literaturhaus Villa Augustin Dresden, the Institut Français de Saxe, and the AIEQ.
Reading and discussion (French / German)
WHEN? June 20, 2018, 7:00 p.m.
WHERE? Literaturhaus Villa Augustin, Antonstr. 1, 01097 Dresden
Free admission
Photo 1 on the occasion of the reading “La migration des murs – The Migration of Walls: French-Language Poetry from Haiti and Quebec” of the authors James Noël (Haiti) & Hector Ruiz (Quebec) on June 20, 2018, at the Literaturhaus Villa Augustin in Dresden © CFF
Photo 2 on the occasion of the reading “La migration des murs – The Migration of Walls: French-Language Poetry from Haiti and Quebec” of the authors James Noël (Haiti) & Hector Ruiz (Quebec) on June 20, 2018, at the Literaturhaus Villa Augustin in Dresden © CFF
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Photo 5 on the occasion of the reading “La migration des murs – The Migration of Walls: French-Language Poetry from Haiti and Quebec” of the authors James Noël (Haiti) & Hector Ruiz (Quebec) on June 20, 2018, at the Literaturhaus Villa Augustin in Dresden © CFF
Photo 6 on the occasion of the reading “La migration des murs – The Migration of Walls: French-Language Poetry from Haiti and Quebec” of the authors James Noël (Haiti) & Hector Ruiz (Quebec) on June 20, 2018, at the Literaturhaus Villa Augustin in Dresden © CFF
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