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I will regularly publish here the latest news concerning my work as a photographer and translator: news from ongoing projects, the progress being made on upcoming photo books, the latest writer portraits, any newly published writer portraits in the press, current translations in progress, etc.

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  • Writer: Laurent Denimal
    Laurent Denimal
  • May 1, 2022

A photograph of the Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiong'o published first in the Swiss daily newspaper Le Temps (April 16, 2022) and then in the French daily newspaper Le Monde (April 29, 2022).


The french publishing house Vents d'ailleurs released in april Rêver en temps de guerre, the first volume of his autobiography.


The photograph was taken in Stockholm in 2017 during Ngugi Wa Thiong'o last visit.


All the portraits of Ngugi Wa Thiong'o are available at the Opale Agency.


You can also see more publication at laurentdenimal.se/publication


A portrait of Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is presented in the photo book "Portraits d'Auteurs / Author Portraits" (Carlssons 2020).





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  • Writer: Laurent Denimal
    Laurent Denimal
  • Jan 13, 2022

New books of the ten following writers has been recently published in french and english; Santiago Gamboa, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Jila Mossaed, Stefan Hertmans, Sara Stridsberg, Charif Majdalani, Jean-Noël Pancrazi, Karl Ove Knausgård, Nedim Gürsel and Maria Ernestam.


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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Santiago Gamboa

Une maison à Bogotá

Métailié


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Jón Kalman Stefánsson *

Ton absence n'est que ténèbres

Grasset


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Jila Mossaed *

Le huitième pays

Le Castor Astral


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Stefan Hertmans

Une ascension

Gallimard


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Sara Stridsberg

L'antarctique de l'amour

Gallimard


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Charif Majdalani *

Beirut 2020

The collapse of a civilization, a Journal

Mountain Leopard Press


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Jean-Noël Pancrazi

Les années manquantes

Gallimard


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Karl Ove Knausgård *

En hiver

Denoël


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Nedim Gürsel *

Voyage en Iran. En attendant l'imam caché

Actes Sud


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Maria Ernestam

Jambes cassées, coeurs brisés

Actes Sud / Babel


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


 
 
 
  • Writer: Laurent Denimal
    Laurent Denimal
  • Dec 10, 2021

The Swedish magazine Balder is publishing in its new issue (4/2021) an interview with the Lebanese writer Hyam Yared made in Paris by Åsa Magnusson, and also a chapter of her last book "Implosions" (Editions des Équateurs, 2021, Paris) translated in Swedish.


Balder is a quarterly cultural magazine with focus on art, literature, society, agriculture, philosophy and pedagogy.

You can find it on the following bookstores and retailers in Sweden or on Balder website.


Read the complete article in Balder !


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Read the article in Balder !




Hyam Yared in conversation with Ã…sa Magnusson, Paris 2021



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Hyam Yared, Paris 2021


More portrait of the author are available at the Agence Opale

Hyam Yared is represented in the photo book "Portraits d’auteurs / Author portraits" (Carlssons, 2020)



 
 
 

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