Reading for Everyone aims to prevent illiteracy through meetings between writers and various audiences.
Next week, Daniel Picouly will be speaking at educational institutions.
Born in 1948 in Villemomble in the suburbs of Paris, Daniel Picouly studied at the universities of Assas and Dauphine, then became a teacher.
After a few crime novels, it was his youth recounted in “Le Champ de personne” (ELLE Readers’ Prize 1996) that brought him to the attention of the general public. This was followed by other autobiographical novels and a historical trilogy including “L’Enfant léopard,” which won the Renaudot Prize in 2000.
It was then that he abandoned his career as a professor of economics and management to devote himself entirely to writing. In 2001, he created, with illustrator Frédéric Pillot, a series of children’s books around the adventures of Lulu Vroumette, the speedy turtle, who also became a cartoon star on France 5.
For adults, he alternates between historical novels and autobiographical novels and ventured into theater in 2012 with “La faute d’orthographe est ma langue maternelle,” to evoke his joys and sorrows at the school of his ten years. Meanwhile, since 2000, he has hosted cultural programs for France Télévisions: Tropismes (France Ô), Café Littéraire (France 2), Café Picouly (France 5), Le Monde vu par… (France Ô), Page 19 (France Ô)…
··· Schedule
Monday, November 20 from 2 PM to 5 PM at Frédéric Mistral Middle School (6th, 5th, 4th grades)
Tuesday, November 21 from 9 AM to 11 AM at Auguste Renoir High School (10th grade) Cagnes-sur-Mer / from 2 PM to 4 PM at Parc Imperial High School (10th, 11th grades)
Wednesday, November 22 from 9 AM to 11 AM at Les Eucalyptus High School
