French writer Mathias Énard was born in Nior in 1972. He studied Arabic and Persian Aτ INALCO (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales).In 1992 he left to study Persian at Tehran’s Shahid-Beheshti University, further exploring his inclination for the East. In 2010 “Tell them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants” (Parle-leur de Batailles de Rois et d’éléphants – Actes Sud) was awarded the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. Member of Inculte magazine’s editorial board, he is actively involved in publishing programs in Barcelona.
French writer Mathias Énard was born in Nior in 1972. He studied Arabic and Persian Aτ INALCO (Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales).In 1992 he left to study Persian at Tehran’s Shahid-Beheshti University, further exploring his inclination for the East. In 2010 “Tell them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants” (Parle-leur de Batailles de Rois et d’éléphants – Actes Sud) was awarded the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. Member of Inculte magazine’s editorial board, he is actively involved in publishing programs in Barcelona.
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For his doctoral thesis on what it means to live in the countryside in the 21st century, ethnology student David Mazon leaves Paris and moves to a modest village in the French countryside. To better immerse himself in the spirit of the place, David becomes a frequent visitor to the Fisherman’s Cafe and the exuberant Mayor Martial. Martial is also the local funeral home owner and hosts The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild, a giant three-day celebration during which Death gives a respite so that the gravediggers-and readers-can have unabashed fun.
Precise and exquisite as a jewel, Enard’s book is the portrait of a Renaissance artist who is confronted with the beauty of the Muslim world, and at the same time an exciting reflection on the act of creation.
The night falls in Vienna and in the apartment of Franz Ritter, the musicologist who has been totally fascinted by the East. In vain he seeks for the redemption of sleep, lost in memories and recollections, in melancholy and fever, as he contemplates his life, his transformational excitements, innumerable chance encounters and his long journeys outside of Austria – Istanbul, Aleppo, Damascus, Palmyra , Tehran.
