{"id":8998251,"date":"2026-07-01T22:14:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=8998251"},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:44:09","slug":"literary-fall-returns-to-villa-albertine-this-september","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/literary-fall-returns-to-villa-albertine-this-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Fall Returns to Villa Albertine in September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Friday program features a special conversation between&nbsp;<strong>Le\u00efla Slimani<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Jhumpa Lahiri<\/strong>, alongside sessions on the future of literary translation, co-organized with the Center for the Art of Translation, and&nbsp;<strong>new voices in French and Francophone fiction<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, interconnected conversations focus on&nbsp;<strong>science fiction<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>fantasy<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>comics<\/strong>, and the worldwide booms in&nbsp;<strong>romantasy&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>horror<\/strong>, featuring leading French editors publishing in these genres, as well as bestselling authors<strong>&nbsp;John Scalzi<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Kate Dramis<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All events are presented in English.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional speakers to be announced. Please check back for updates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival will include the following sessions:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Friday, September 25<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3 PM | <strong>The New Landscape of Literary Translation<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong> (<em>Co-organized\u00a0with the <a type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catranslation.org\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.catranslation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center\u00a0for the Art of Translation<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Allison Markin Powell<\/strong>\u00a0(translator from Japanese who helped draft PEN America\u2019s\u00a0Manifesto on Literary Translation) and\u00a0<strong>Katrine \u00d8gaard Jensen<\/strong>\u00a0(poet, translator of Danish literature, and executive director of the American Literary Translators Association) discuss how to support the fragile ecosystem of literary translation, respond to the rise of AI translation, and make translated literature more\u00a0visible.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4:30 PM | <strong>What French and Francophone Literature Offers the American Imagination<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2008, books translated from French have accounted for 18% of all fiction translations published in the United States,\u00a0more than those translated from any other language.\u00a0<strong>Miriam Gordis<\/strong>\u00a0(director of Albertine Books and a former literary scout),\u00a0<strong>Mandana Chaffa<\/strong>\u00a0(writer, critic, and chair of the National Book Critics Circle\u2019s Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize), and\u00a0<strong>Chad W. Post<\/strong>\u00a0(publisher of Open Letter Books and founder of Three Percent) discuss the new voices in French and Francophone literature resonating most strongly in the\u00a0US\u2014and what this literature offers American readers that they may not find elsewhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6 PM | Conversation: An Evening with Le\u00efla Slimani and Jhumpa Lahiri<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Le\u00efla Slimani<\/strong>\u00a0(Goncourt Prize\u2013winning author of\u00a0<em>The Perfect Nanny<\/em>) joins\u00a0<strong>Jhumpa Lahiri<\/strong>\u00a0(Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning author of\u00a0<em>The Namesake<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Roman Stories<\/em>) to discuss Slimani\u2019s new novel,\u00a0<em>I\u2019ll Take the Fire<\/em>, translated by Sam Taylor, a provocative coming-of-age story about a young Arab woman\u2019s pursuit of sexual and political freedom.\u00a0A\u00a0book signing and\u00a0reception\u00a0will\u00a0follow\u00a0the conversation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Saturday, September 26<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11:30 AM &#8211; 12:30 PM\u00a0| From Moebius to Marvel: How French Comics Helped Shape American Fantasy\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Joseph Montagne<\/strong>\u00a0(vice president and publisher of Abrams\u00a0ComicArts) and\u00a0<strong>Fabrice Sapolsky<\/strong>\u00a0(French comics writer, co-creator of Marvel\u2019s\u00a0<em>Spider-Man Noir<\/em>, and founder of\u00a0FairSquare\u00a0Graphics) discuss the influence of French comics on American visual storytelling and how artists, ideas, and publishing traditions have traveled between France and the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2 PM &#8211; 3 PM&nbsp;|<\/strong> <strong>Romantasy Across the Atlantic: A Conversation on the Worldwide Romantasy Boom&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kate Dramis<\/strong>\u00a0(bestselling author of\u00a0<em>The Curse of Saints<\/em>),\u00a0<strong>Quentin Monstier<\/strong>\u00a0(editor at\u00a0J\u2019ai\u00a0Lu and Dramis\u2019s French editor), and\u00a0<strong>Katy Waldman<\/strong>\u00a0(staff writer at\u00a0<em>The New Yorker<\/em>) discuss the global rise of romantasy\u00a0and how the genre travels across languages and publishing markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3:30 PM- 4:30 PM | Utopias, Dystopias, and the Politics of Imagination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John Scalzi<\/strong>\u00a0(Hugo Award\u2013winning author of\u00a0<em>Redshirts<\/em>, the\u00a0<em>Old Man\u2019s War<\/em>\u00a0series, and\u00a0<em>The Shattering Peace<\/em>),\u00a0<strong>Mathias Echenay<\/strong>\u00a0(founder and publisher of La Volte, an independent French press specializing in speculative fiction), and\u00a0<strong>Joy Sanchez-Taylor<\/strong>\u00a0(professor of English at LaGuardia Community College and author of\u00a0<em>Diverse Futures<\/em>) discuss how science fiction and fantasy engage with the political crises of the present, warn of dangers ahead, and imagine radical possibilities for the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5 PM &#8211; 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