{"id":9000192,"date":"2026-09-30T17:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=9000192"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:57:52","slug":"leila-slimani-at-the-chicago-humanities-festival","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/leila-slimani-at-the-chicago-humanities-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Le\u00efla Slimani at the Chicago Humanities Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in <strong>Rabat in 1981<\/strong>, <strong>Le\u00efla Slimani <\/strong>moved to France at seventeen to study political science at <strong>Sciences Po Paris<\/strong>. She began her career as a journalist before turning to fiction. In 2016, she gained international recognition when her novel <strong><em>Chanson douce<\/em> (<em>The Perfect Nanny<\/em>)<\/strong> won the <strong>Prix Goncourt<\/strong>, France\u2019s most prestigious literary prize, making her the first Moroccan woman to receive the award. Her work is known for its unflinching exploration of subjects often considered taboo, including sexuality, gender roles, and the social pressures shaping women\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I\u2019ll Take the Fire<\/em> completes a trilogy that began with <em><strong>In the Country of Others<\/strong><\/em> (2020) and continued with <strong><em>Watch Us Dance<\/em> <\/strong>(2023), both set against the backdrop of Morocco\u2019s turbulent postwar history. The final novel follows a young Arab woman\u2019s search for sexual and political freedom against the defining events of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the September 11 attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond her fiction, Slimani has become a prominent voice in international cultural life. In 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron appointed her his personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture worldwide. She received the <strong>Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women\u2019s Freedom<\/strong> in 2020 for her advocacy of women\u2019s rights and freedom of expression, and in 2023 served as chair of the <strong>International Booker Prize<\/strong> jury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chicago stop is part of a broader U.S. tour for <em>I&#8217;ll Take the Fire<\/em>, supported by <strong>Villa Albertine.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9000195,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[511,213],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[241],"class_list":["post-9000192","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-fiction","app_discipline-literature","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-talk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Le\u00efla Slimani at the Chicago Humanities Festival - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chicago Humanities welcomes French Moroccan author Le\u00efla Slimani to discuss her newest novel, I&#039;ll Take the Fire, the final installment in a trilogy drawn from her family&#039;s roots in Morocco.\" \/>\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\/leila-slimani-at-the-chicago-humanities-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Le\u00efla Slimani at the Chicago Humanities Festival - 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