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Pour mémoire – écrivaines pour la liberté

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Pour mémoire – écrivaines pour la liberté

Photograph of Innu poet Joséphine Bacon, on the left, and Quebecois poet Denise Desautels, on the right, participating to the reading event Pour mémoires – écrivaines pour la liberté, which took place on 15 November 2018 at the Salon du Livre de Montréal. This reading was organised by the Quebecois Centre’s Women Writers Committee whose members read texts from the following women writers who had been, or still were, persecuted: Maya Angelou; Joséphine Bacon; Angye Gaona; Yara El-Ghadban; Hala Mohammad; Susana Romano Sued; Ceija Stojka; and Liu Xia.

Pour mémoire - écrivaines pour la liberté

Photographie de la poète innue Joséphine Bacon, à gauche, et de la poète québécoise Denise Desautels, à droite, participant à la lecture publique Pour mémoires - écrivaines pour la liberté, qui a eu lieu le 15 novembre 2018 au Salon du Livre de Montréal. Cet événement était organisé par le Comité des Femmes Écrivaines du Centre québécois dont les membres ont lu des textes des écrivaines persécutées suivantes: Maya Angelou; Joséphine Bacon; Angye Gaona; Yara El-Ghadban; Hala Mohammad; Susana Romano Sued; Ceija Stojka; et Liu Xia.

Pour mémoire - écrivaines pour la liberté

Fotografía de la poeta innu Joséphine Bacon, a la izquierda, y la poeta quebequesa Denise Desautels, a la derecha, participando en el evento de lectura Pour mémoires - écrivaines pour la liberté, que tuvo lugar el 15 de noviembre de 2018, en el Salon du Livre de Montréal. Esta lectura fue organizada por el Comité de Mujeres Escritoras del Centro Quebequés, cuyos miembros leyeron textos de mujeres que habían sido, o todavía eran, perseguidas: Maya Angelou; Joséphine Bacon; Angye Gaona; Yara El-Ghadban; Hala Mohammad; Susana Romano Sued; Ceija Stojka; y Liu Xia.

Date:

15/11/2018

Creator:

Quebecois Centre

Centre:

Quebecois Centre  (Centre québécois du P.E.N. International)

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