Writing at the Edge of the Real
Marie Darrieussecq and Neige Sinno in conversation with Amrita Tripathi
13th January | 7pm | Alliance Française de Delhi
How can literature engage with a reality that is difficult or sometimes impossible to say? The conversation could explore how women’s intimate experience, violence, trauma, memory and silencing are transformed into literary form; how each writer negotiates responsibility, freedom and invention when writing at the edge of the sayable.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Neige Sinno is a multiple award-winning French writer whose work explores memory, trauma, and literary form; her acclaimed 2023 book Sad Tiger (Triste Tigre) has received major international prizes and has been widely recognised for its courageous and intellectually rigorous examination of childhood sexual abuse. It was elected Goncourt Choice of India by the Indian jury of students and just got published in its Indian English edition.
Marie Darrieussecq is one of the leading voices in contemporary French literature. Her firstnovel, Pig Tales (Truisme) was a finalist for France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1996 and became an international bestseller. In 2013, she received the Prix Medicis for her novel Men: A Novel of Cinema and Desire (Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes). Her latest translated book, Sleepless (Pas Dormir, 2023), is a meditative reflection on her personal experience of living with insomnia for twenty years.
Amrita Tripathi is an author, podcaster and award-winning former journalist, with over 20 years of experience in the Media and Tech. She’s the founder of the new interdisciplinary thought leadership studio Say Again Press, and the founder of The Health Collective, a pioneering platform that focuses on storytelling and mental health with an India lens. She has authored 3 novels, most recently The Other Sister, and has co-authored 4 works of non-fiction.
