{"id":4658618,"date":"2025-07-07T15:26:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_professional&p=4658618"},"modified":"2025-09-05T20:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:38:58","slug":"authors-on-tour-thomas-schlesser","status":"publish","type":"app_professional","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/professionals\/authors-on-tour-thomas-schlesser\/","title":{"rendered":"Author on Tour: Thomas Schlesser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

About Thomas Schlesser<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Schlesser<\/strong> is an art historian and the director of the Hartung-Bergman Foundation in Antibes, France. He teaches Art History at the \u00c9cole Polytechnique in Paris and is the author of several works of nonfiction about art, artists, and the relationship between art and politics in the 20th<\/sup> century, including Luminous Lives \u2013 a Biography of Anna\u2011Eva Bergman<\/em> (trans. by Charles\u202fPenwarden, Eris Press). Mona\u2019s Eyes<\/em> (trans. by Hildegarde Serle, Europa Editions) is Schlesser\u2019s second novel and his American debut. It has been translated into thirty-eight languages, including Braille. Schlesser is a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and was awarded 2025\u2019s Author of the Year by Livres Hebdo<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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About Mona’s Eyes<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

(trans. by Hildegarde Serle, Europa Editions, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mona\u2019s Eyes<\/em> is an inspiring journey across five centuries of art with 10-year-old Mona and her grandfather Henry. They have only fifty-two weeks to encounter all that is beautiful in the world before Mona loses her sight forever. Together, Mona and her grandfather will experience a full range of emotions; their enchantment as well as their sadness will be complete. From Botticelli to Basquiat, Mona will discover not only the power of art but also the meaning of generosity, doubt, melancholy, loss, and revolt.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At once a profoundly moving and beautifully crafted novel about the fullness of life and an enthralling guide to the world\u2019s most renowned art, Mona\u2019s Eyes<\/em> is, at its core, a story about the deep and moving relationship between a young girl and her grandfather.\u202f\u202fHeartfelt and full of emotion, erudite but accessible, Mona<\/em>\u2019s Eyes<\/em> is a novel about love and beauty that will capture the hearts of readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mona\u2019s Eyes <\/em>will be released in the United States in August 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schedule<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Schlesser\u2019s public schedule will include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n