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Salon Du Livre Beyrouth 2014.Pdf 1 2 Sous le Haut Patronage de Son Excellence Le Président du Conseil des Ministres M. Tammam SALAM Depuis 1992 le Salon du livre francophone de Beyrouth affirme le rôle essentiel du Liban au cœur de la francophonie. Par le talent de ses auteurs, par le dynamisme de ses éditeurs et libraires, par la fidélité du grand public à cette manifestation, le Liban participe pleinement aux échanges d’idées, aux débats culturels, à la circulation des œuvres qui font vivre la francophonie. Je suis heureux d’accueillir à Beyrouth les auteurs et les professionnels du livre qui viennent y rencontrer le public libanais. L’étroite coopération avec l’Ambassade de France dans laquelle sont engagés tous les participants pour défendre et illustrer la vitalité de la langue française au Liban est fructueuse. Le Salon du livre en est l’une de ses plus belles réalisations. Je souhaite le meilleur succès à cette vingt et unième édition du Salon, succès qu’il nous revient à tous collectivement d’assurer. M. Tammam SALAM Président du Conseil des Ministres 3 ÉDITORIAL M. Patrice Paoli Ambassadeur de France au Liban Pour le plus grand plaisir du promeneur, Beyrouth résonne en permanence des mots qui fusent et des histoires que l’on se raconte, au carrefour des rues, mais aussi des cultures qui convergent depuis toujours en ce lieu d’échange et de partage. Des histoires, le Liban en contera toujours, mais quel événement est plus propice que le Salon du livre francophone pour les réunir ? A l’image du Liban et de sa remarquable richesse culturelle, le Salon du livre a su s’imposer comme un des lieux de rencontre privilégiés des amoureux de la littérature qui y trouveront de quoi étancher leur soif de nouveauté, de dialogue et de partage. Le thème de cette année, « Des mots, des histoires », est l’occasion de rappeler combien le livre reste un moyen formidable de narrer des histoires, de transmettre des sentiments, des idées et de rendre compte de l’histoire et de son cours souvent dramatique. En permettant à des auteurs venus de tous horizons de venir présenter leurs ouvrages autour de rencontres, de débats et de manifestations diverses, le Salon du livre défend les valeurs de tolérance et de partage d’une francophonie ouverte sur le monde et sur la diversité des usages de la langue française. Pour autant, le Salon du livre ne fait pas seulement le pont entre les auteurs et leurs lecteurs mais aussi entre les professionnels du livre, libraires, éditeurs, bibliothécaires ou animateurs d’associations qui font vivre les libertés de création et d’expression. Comme chaque année, le Salon du livre de Beyrouth est l’occasion pour tous de se réunir autour d’une même passion pour la littérature, transcendant les clivages politiques, les communautés et même les langues puisque le Salon présentera une variété d’ouvrages français traduits en arabe pour permettre à tout un chacun de découvrir la richesse et la diversité de la littérature francophone. C’est aussi dans cette perspective qu’est cette année reconduit le prix littéraire « La Liste Goncourt / Le Choix de l’Orient », dont le jury d’étudiants s’est ouvert à quatre nouveaux pays : Djibouti, les Emirats Arabes Unis, le Soudan et le Yémen. Grâce à nos partenaires et aux exposants, grâce aux nombreux auteurs présents sur le salon et grâce à vous, le Salon du livre devient pendant dix jours l’épicentre de la francophonie et de la vie culturelle de Beyrouth, une place de choix qu’il nous revient à tous d’honorer. Plus que jamais, alors que le bruit et la fureur menacent de couvrir la voix des écrivains, je vous invite à célébrer la diversité, l’échange et le dialogue, des valeurs que partagent nos deux pays, au Salon du livre francophone ! 4 ÉDITORIAL M. Sami Naufal Président du Syndicat des Importateurs de livres Vingt et unième salon du livre francophone. Des mots, des histoires : des mots pour combattre les maux. Les mots ne sont pas de simples fragments de phrases. Ces lettres et syllabes qui s’immiscent les unes dans les autres ont un réel pouvoir, une force extraordinaire. Pouvoir et ses conséquences sur la personne qui prononce le mot et pouvoir et ses conséquences sur celle qui l’écoute, le reçoit, l’absorbe et le vit. Les mots nous dirigent, nous font mal ou nous confortent, nous habitent… Mais en aucun cas, ces mots ne peuvent laisser indifférents. Notre vingt-et-unième salon du livre francophone est cette année encore placé sous le signe des mots. Après les mots de la liberté, les mots de la Méditerranée, et ceux des autres, les mots de cette année décrivent l’histoire, décrient les histoires. Les histoires que l’on lit dans les livres, les histoires que l’on invente, celles que l’on écrit, et celles que l’on vit… Les mots des maux, ces maux causés par la souffrance, par les guerres qui nous entourent et que les écrivains ont choisi d’exorciser à travers l’écriture. A travers ce rendez-vous immuable avec la culture et la francophonie, un rendez-vous tant attendu par les amoureux de la littérature, le syndicat des importateurs de livres, en association avec l’Institut français, réitère sa mission: celle de diffuser le livre, de veiller à maintenir sa place au sein de ce monde en crise et de lui conférer un statut à part. Vive le livre, vive la culture et vive les mots des histoires. Pour combattre les maux ! 6 8 SOMMAIRE A propos de l’Institut français .................................................................................................................................................... 10-13 Les axes du Salon .................................................................................................................................................... 14-23 Programme Samedi 1er novembre ................................................................................................................... 24-25 Dimanche 2 novembre ................................................................................................................ 26-27 Lundi 3 novembre ..............................................................................................................................28 Mardi 4 novembre .............................................................................................................................30 Mercredi 5 novembre ........................................................................................................................31 Jeudi 6 novembre ........................................................................................................................ 34-35 Plan du Salon .................................................................................................................................................... 36-37 Liste des exposants .................................................................................................................................................... 38-39 Vendredi 7 novembre ................................................................................................................... 40-41 Samedi 8 novembre ..................................................................................................................... 42-43 Dimanche 9 novembre .......................................................................................................................44 Liste des auteurs .................................................................................................................................................... 46-47 Biographie des auteurs .................................................................................................................................................... 48-69 Partenaires ..........................................................................................................................................................70 Information générale ÉQUIPE DU SALON DU LIVRE Animations Commissaire général : Thierry Quinqueton Tables-rondes Jeunesse : Blandine Yazbeck Rencontres Catalogue : Yara Karam et Zeina Antonios Signatures Site Internet : Institut français du Liban & Swelpix Relations auteurs et Programmation : Nada Ghosn Relations Exposants et réseaux sociaux : Zeina Antonios Relations Presse : Marielle Salloum Communication : Yara Karam Expositions : Cynthia Kanaan 9 A PROPOS DE L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS L’Institut français est l’opérateur de l’action culturelle extérieure de la France. Il contribue au rayonnement de celle-ci à l’étranger à travers un dialogue renforcé avec les cultures étrangères. Présidé par Xavier Darcos, l’Institut français se substitue à l’association Culturesfrance sous la forme d’un EPIC (établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial). L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DU LIBAN L’Institut français du Liban dispose, quant à lui, du réseau le plus dense d’implantations dans le monde avec neuf sites régionaux pour un territoire de 10 452 km². On trouve deux sites dans la plaine de la Bekaa, à Baalbeck et à Zahlé, trois dans le Sud, à Tyr, Nabatieh et Saïda, une antenne dans le Chouf à Deir el Qamar, une dans le Nord du pays à Tripoli et deux dans la région de Beyrouth (Jounieh et Beyrouth). A Beyrouth, l’Institut français est situé au sein l’Espace des Lettres dans le quartier du Musée National de Beyrouth, et coordonne l’ensemble des opérations menées dans le pays. Il a connu plusieurs appellations successives : Centre Culturel Français, Mission Culturelle française au Liban puis Institut français du Liban depuis le 1er octobre 2011. L’Institut français du Liban est partenaire des institutions, des médias et des sociétés
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