Raymond Devos: "If we are not entertained by reality, we choke a little"  

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Raymond Devos, in 1993, on the stage of the Moulin Rouge in Paris. PIERRE VERDY / AFP

By: Pascal Paradou

Raymond Devos (1922-2006) began his career in the theater, then in cabarets before discovering the absurd and forging an image of humorist, master of puns and nonsense.

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- An interview  : This Saturday, June 27, 2020, will take place the first edition of the International Meetings of Francophone Debate and Eloquence (RIDEF) . The meeting is coordinated by the Juna Togo association , which has been organizing verbal jousts in Togo for 5 years, and the Atelier de la langue française, on the initiative of the Eloquence Days in France. As a health crisis, the eight RIDEF candidates will compete online on the RIDEF Facebook and YouTube page. Frédérick Tsatsu Yao Mawupenkor , president of Juna-Togo, general delegate of Joutes Verbales Francophones and RIDEF, launches the competition.

The column " C'est la classe " with  Marjorie Bertin on learning French using the Solodou application . Launched in 2018 by Guinean Ousmane Bah (Winner of the 2019 Talent Cities Prize), Solodou is a free method of literacy that can be downloaded to your phone, electronic watch or computer. It allows adults to learn to read and write French independently. It mixes videos, audio discs, images, videos and includes more than 300 games. It has more than 12,000 users worldwide.

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