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Wojciech Tochman, a voice of Polish literature
Culture · Thursday, November 19 · 19:00 · Paris
Bibliothèque André Malraux, 112 rue de Rennes
Free
A meeting as part of the festival Weekend à l’est\n\nW. L. Tochman, one of Poland's most translated reporters, co-founded the Polish Institute of Reportage with Mariusz Szczygieł. A Nike Prize finalist twice, he has written books about Bosnia and the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda. In Eli, Eli (translator Kamil Barbarski, Noir sur Blanc, 2018), he dives into the slums of Manila and questions our gaze on misery: how to tell suffering without becoming voyeuristic? Between striking portraits, the reporter's responsibility and a critique of neocolonialism, this literary reportage questions the …
