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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
  • 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.



Santiago Gamboa

Une maison à Bogotá

Métailié


Jón Kalman Stefánsson *

Ton absence n'est que ténèbres

Grasset


Jila Mossaed *

Le huitième pays

Le Castor Astral


Stefan Hertmans

Une ascension

Gallimard


Sara Stridsberg

L'antarctique de l'amour

Gallimard


Charif Majdalani *

Beirut 2020

The collapse of a civilization, a Journal

Mountain Leopard Press


Jean-Noël Pancrazi

Les années manquantes

Gallimard


Karl Ove Knausgård *

En hiver

Denoël


Nedim Gürsel *

Voyage en Iran. En attendant l'imam caché

Actes Sud


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 !



Read the article in Balder !




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



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)



  • Writer: Laurent Denimal
    Laurent Denimal
  • Oct 22, 2021

A photograph of the Lebanese writer Alexandre Najjar published in the daily French newspaper Le Figaro (October13, 2021), to illustrate an article written by French journalist Mohammed Aissaoui on the occasion of the release of his last novel "Le Syndrome de Beyrouth" (Plon, 2021).


The photograph was taken in Järna (Sweden) in 2018 during a short visit of Alexandre to the students of the Örjan School and their teacher Åsa Magnusson. Thanks also to Françoise Sule for organizing the visit.


Alexandre Najjar is the chief editor of the monthly literary Lebanese newspaper L'orient Littéraire.


All the portraits of Alexandre Najjar are available at the Opale Agency, and a portrait of the author is presented in the photo book "Portraits d'Auteurs / Author Portraits" (Carlssons 2020).


You can see the complete collection of portraits at laurentdenimal.se/thecompletecollection.





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