Literature: Daniel Picouly, write with the "tears of wine"

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Daniel Picouly Astrid di Crollalanza

By: Chantal Lorho Follow

Inducted into “Chevalier du Tastevin” in a grand ceremony, Daniel Picouly, the narrator of this story, is invited to give a speech on wine, national treasure and absolute mystery.

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The challenge is great for the “dunce of the grape varieties.

What could appear as a misunderstanding then becomes the opportunity to revisit his singular itinerary, and to question the place of this "social binder" in our lives.

Guest:

Daniel PICOULY,

author of

"Les larmes du vin"

published by

Albin Michel

And the interview with

Arnaud ORSEL

, general steward of the

Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin

 by

Cécile Lavolot. 

And the column Elsewhere takes us today to

Kinshasa

 with Elodie CHABERT, deputy director of the

French Institute of Kinshasa

, will tell us

about the Makomi competition,

European Prize for Congolese Literature.

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