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URL:https://www.societe-de-lecture.ch/events/claire-messud-english/
SUMMARY:Claire Messud - English
DESCRIPTION:This Strange Eventful History\n\nInterview conducted by Kasmira
  Jefford\, editor in chief of Geneva Solutions\n\nCLAIRE MESSUD is an Amer
 ican novelist and professor of creative writing\, known for acclaimed work
 s like The Emperor’s Children (Les enfants de l’empereur\, Gallimard\,
  2009) and The Burning Girl (La fille qui brûle\, Gallimard\, 2018). She 
 spent her childhood in the United States\, Australia and Canada\, and her 
 international upbringing informs her writing on themes of identity\, famil
 y and memory. She has received Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships. Since
  August 2025\, she has stopped teaching at Harvard after ten years of fful
 l-time service. She lives in Cambridge (MA).\n\nHer latest novel\, This St
 range Eventful History (L’étrange tumulte de nos vies\, Bourgois\, 2024
 )\, is based on her own family history. Between 1940 and 2010\, the Cassar
  lived through the events of history\, never putting down roots anywhere a
 fter leaving Algeria. It is both spacious and distilled\, told from five p
 oints of view in one family\, dazzling us with echoing themes\, unraveling
  secrets and rolling crescendos.
CATEGORIES:Conférences 2026,Conférences en anglais,Printemps 2026
LOCATION:Société de Lecture\, 11 Grand Rue\, Genève\, Suisse
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