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SUMMARY:Laurent Binet: between history and imagination
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DESCRIPTION:A detective story told through letters about painters in Renais
	sance Florence\,\nthe Inca colonisation of Europe\, or a meta-novel about 
	the assassination of Nazi\nfigure Heydrich: in his work\, French author La
	urent Binet explores the\nrelationship between fiction and history\, betwe
	en reality and imagination.\n\nIn his latest novel Perspectives\, Binet qu
	estions the ways in which art and free\nexpression come under pressure—the
	n\, but according to Binet\, certainly also in\nour own time.\n\nDuring th
	is evening\, we will talk with Binet about his work. Writer Joost de\nVrie
	s\, who also blends historical fact with fiction in his writing\, will joi
	n\nthe conversation. What can fiction tell us that reality cannot?\n\nMore
	 about the speakers\n\nLaurent Binet (Paris\, 1972) studied at the Univers
	ity of Paris III–Sorbonne\nNouvelle\, obtained the agrégation in modern li
	terature\, and taught in\nSeine-Saint-Denis and abroad. In 2010 he publish
	ed his debut novel HHhH\, for\nwhich he received the Prix Goncourt for bes
	t first novel. This was followed by\nRien ne se passe comme prévu (2012)\,
	 The Seventh Function of Language (2015)\,\nwhich won the Prix du roman Fn
	ac and the Prix Interallié\, and Civilizations\n(2019)\, which received th
	e Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française.\n\nJoost de Vries (1983) is
	 editor of the Volkskrant Sunday supplement. He is also\none of the regula
	r contributors to the literary podcast BoekenFM and the author\nof the acc
	laimed novels Clausewitz\, The Republic (winner of the Golden Owl\nAward)\
	, Old Masters\, and the short story collection Calm Down\, Tiger. In 2023\
	,\nDe Vries was awarded the Frans Kellendonk Prize for his entire body of 
	work. His\nlatest novel\, Higher Powers (2024)\, was nominated for the Lib
	ris Literature\nPrize.
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>A detective story told through lett
	ers about painters in Renaissance Florence, the Inca colonisation of Europ
	e, or a meta-novel about the assassination of Nazi figure Heydrich: in his
	 work, French author Laurent Binet explores the relationship between ficti
	on and history, between reality and imagination.</strong></p> <p>In his la
	test novel Perspectives, Binet questions the ways in which art and free ex
	pression come under pressure—then, but according to Binet, certainly also 
	in our own time.</p> <p>During this evening, we will talk with Binet about
	 his work. Writer Joost de Vries, who also blends historical fact with fic
	tion in his writing, will join the conversation. What can fiction tell us 
	that reality cannot?</p>   More about the speakers    <p><strong>Laurent B
	inet</strong> (Paris, 1972) studied at the University of Paris III–Sorbonn
	e Nouvelle, obtained the agrégation in modern literature, and taught in Se
	ine-Saint-Denis and abroad. In 2010 he published his debut novel HHhH, for
	 which he received the Prix Goncourt for best first novel. This was follow
	ed by Rien ne se passe comme prévu (2012), The Seventh Function of Languag
	e (2015), which won the Prix du roman Fnac and the Prix Interallié, and Ci
	vilizations (2019), which received the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie f
	rançaise.</p> <p><strong>Joost de Vries</strong> (1983) is editor of the V
	olkskrant Sunday supplement. He is also one of the regular contributors to
	 the literary podcast BoekenFM and the author of the acclaimed novels Clau
	sewitz, The Republic (winner of the Golden Owl Award), Old Masters, and th
	e short story collection Calm Down, Tiger. In 2023, De Vries was awarded t
	he Frans Kellendonk Prize for his entire body of work. His latest novel, H
	igher Powers (2024), was nominated for the Libris Literature Prize.</p>
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