Recently published 2023 : 10 writers.

New books of the ten following writers has been recently published in French and Swedish; Lídia Jorge, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Mohsin Hamid, Rachid Benzine, Jan Henrik Swahn, Agneta Pleijel, Jaume Cabré, Johan Theorin, Guillaume Lefebvre and Alex Ahndoril.

You will find all the portraits of these writers at the Opale Agency

You can even see the complete collection of writers portrait here.

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Lídia Jorge *

Misericordia

Métailié

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Jonas Hassen Khemiri

Systrarna

Albert Bonniers Förlag

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Mohsin Hamid

Le dernier homme blanc

Grasset

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Rachid Benzine

Les silences des pères

Seuil

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Jan Henrik Swahn *

Vattenläkaren

Lava Förlag

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Agneta Pleijel *

Sniglar och snö

Norstedts

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Jaume Cabré

Consumés par le feu

Actes Sud

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Johan Theorin

Ristmärken

Wahlström & Widstrand

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Guillaume Lefebvre

Piège mortel en haute mer

Aubane Editions

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Alex Ahndoril

Jag kommer att hitta nyckeln

Albert Bonniers Förlag

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The writers name with an * are represented in the book "Portraits d'Auteurs / Author Portraits", Carlssons 2021.

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Stéphane Heuet.

Stéphane Heuet is a French cartoonist. He is the screenwriter and designer of the comic book adaptation of À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) by Marcel Proust.

His desire is to open up the formidable prose work for audiences who have yet to experience it.

In 2020, Stéphane Heuet is the winner of the Grand Prix Hervé Deluen awarded by the French Academy for his adaptation of Marcel Proust's literary work.

The photographs of Stéphane Heuet were taken at his home in Paris, March 2023.

Stéphane Heuet, Paris 2023

All the portraits of Stéphane Heuet are available at the Opale Agency.

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The eight volumes of the comic book adaptation of À la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust

(Editions Delcourt, 1998-2021)

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The Swedish quarterly magazine Biblis published in 2021 an article written by Stéphane Heuet, "På spaning efter den tid som flytt som seriealbum" (Biblis 93, p 32-39).

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Philippe Bouquet.

I was greatly saddened to learn of the death of Philippe Bouquet, a former Professor of Scandinavian Literature at the University of Caen, and also a translator of Swedish literature and a prominent specialist on the proletarian literary movement.

I had the great pleasure of working with him on a project that was close to his heart, a passion he had developed during stays in Sweden in the regions of Västergötland and Värmland — the study of country churches, often very small ones, richly decorated with paintings dating from the Middle Ages. We travelled through these regions together in the spring of 2009, visiting 31 churches in total, following a well-established routine: while Philippe supplemented his notes from previous visits, I made sure to document in photographs the buildings and the artworks they contain. The book Svenska landsbygdskyrkor / Swedish Country Churches finally saw the light of day last year, published at the author's own expense. But above all, Philippe leaves behind him an impressive list of works translated from Swedish into French. Stig Dagerman, Henning Mankell, Wilhelm Moberg, Björn Larsson, Aino Trosell, Carl-Henning Wijkmark and so many other Swedish authors owe it to him that they can be read in French today.

Philippe was a tireless discoverer who worked with curiosity and tenacity to "smuggle" new literary works across the borders to wider readership. He translated more than 200 literary works.

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Philippe Bouquet

Värmland, spring 2009

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Svenska landsbygdskyrkor

Eglises de campagne suédoises

The book present 30 churches from two regions of Sweden, Västergötland and Värmland.

The foreword and the texts for each church are written by Philippe Bouquet (texts in Swedish, French and English).

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