{"id":8703364,"date":"2026-03-30T21:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=8703364"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:02:51","slug":"marie-ndiaye-on-tour-in-new-england","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/marie-ndiaye-on-tour-in-new-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Marie Ndiaye on Tour in New England"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Marie NDiaye<\/strong>&nbsp;is a French novelist, playwright, and screenwriter whose career spans nearly four decades. She published her first novel at age 18 and went on to receive the Prix Goncourt in 2009 for&nbsp;<em>Three Strong Women<\/em>, France\u2019s most prestigious literary award. Since then, she has&nbsp;published books across multiple genres to ever-greater critical acclaim, notably with the Prix Femina for&nbsp;<em>Rosie Carpe<\/em>. Her play&nbsp;<em>Papa doit manger<\/em>&nbsp;entered the repertoire of the Com\u00e9die-Fran\u00e7aise, a rare distinction for a living writer.&nbsp;Her work is widely translated and studied internationally. Her previous novel in English,&nbsp;<em>Vengeance Is Mine<\/em>&nbsp;(2023), was named a Best Book of the Year by&nbsp;<em>The New Yorker<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>TIME<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>The Washington Post<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marie NDiaye&#8217;s book, <em>The Witch<\/em>, first released in French in 2024, is set in a small French town and follows Lucie, born into a lineage of women whose supernatural gifts are passed from mother to daughter. Long forced into silence by fear and male authority, Lucie defies her controlling husband and initiates her twin daughters into their inheritance, setting in motion a transformation that is both ecstatic and terrifying. Dreamlike yet deeply psychological, the novel explores the fragile bonds between mothers and daughters, the cost of power and of repressing it, and the moment when children become freer and more dangerous than their parents. With mounting tension and emotional precision, NDiaye captures the unsettling truth that love, freedom, and fear often grow from the same roots.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wednesday, April 22, 2026<\/strong>, at <strong>5:30PM<\/strong><br><strong>A Reading and Conversation with Marie NDiaye<\/strong><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>        Boston University &#8211; Center for the Study of Europe <br>        (121 Bay State Road, Boston, MA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>        This event is open to the public and will be followed by a Q&amp;A. Register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/a-reading-and-conversation-with-marie-ndiaye-tickets-1982464017242?aff=oddtdtcreator\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Saturday, April 25, 2026, at 5:00PM<\/strong><br><strong>Marie NDiaye in Conversation: Mothers, Daughters, and the Supernatural<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br><\/strong>        French Library, in partnership with Villa Albertine Boston<br>        (53 Malborough Street, Boston MA)<br><br>Join award-winning French novelist Marie NDiaye for a conversation on the topic of Mothers, Daughters, and the Supernatural, celebrating the launch of the new English translation of her book, <em>The Witch.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is open to the public and will be followed by a Q&amp;A and a book signing. Register <a href=\"https:\/\/frenchlibrary.org\/events\/marie-ndiaye2026\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Appearances  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, April 20, 2026 &#8211; Tuesday, April 21, 2026<\/strong><br>Conferences and workshops with students at Dartmouth College (private event)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, April 23, 2026 <\/strong><br>Conference with students at La Maison Fran\u00e7aise, Wellesley&nbsp;College (private event)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8718217,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[511,213],"app_city_tax":[214],"app_event_type":[555,241],"class_list":["post-8703364","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-fiction","app_discipline-literature","app_city_tax-bos","app_event_type-book-signing","app_event_type-talk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marie Ndiaye on Tour in New England - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/marie-ndiaye-on-tour-in-new-england\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marie Ndiaye on Tour in New England - Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marie NDiaye&nbsp;is a French novelist, playwright, and screenwriter whose career spans nearly four decades. 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