Journée internationale de la francophonie
To mark the Journée internationale de la francophonie, the Franco-Venezuelan writer Miguel Bonnefoy will be giving an interview at the University of Copenhagen on Thursday 20 March at 1.30pm, at the invitation of the Groupe des ambassadrices et ambassadeurs de la francophonie (GAAF). The meeting with Miguel Bonnefoy will be preceded at 12.30pm by the traditional ambassadors' buffet.
A trip to the French-speaking world...
The theme chosen by the GAAF for the Journée internationale de la francophonie 2025, travel is omnipresent in the work but also in the life of Miguel Bonnefoy, who was born in Paris in 1986 but grew up in Venezuela and Portugal.
Awarded the "Prix du jeune écrivain de langue française" in 2013 for his third book, Icare et autres nouvelles, he had his first bestseller in 2015 with Le Voyage d'Octavio (published by Rivages), followed by Sucre noir, also published by Rivages in 2017. In Héritage, published in France in 2017, and in a Danish version to be published by Bobo in 2022 under the title Arven, Miguel Bonnefoy takes his readers on a family saga that spans France and South America throughout the 20th century.
In his latest novel, Le Rêve du jaguar (The Jaguar's Dream), which won the prestigious "Prix Femina" and the "Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française" in November 2024, Bonnefoy embarks on a flamboyant new family fresco that follows in the footsteps of Antonio, a Venezuelan orphan with an extraordinary destiny.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Free event in French
- Date and time: 20.03.2025, from 12.30 to 15.00
- Venue: Københavns Universitet (Søndre Campus), Emil Holms Kanal 4, bygning 23 st., lokale 49