Elie BARNAVI / Jean Claude CARRIERE / Patrick CHAMOISEAU / Claude / André COMTE SPONVILLE / Umberto ECO / Fred & T / Gilbert & George / Edouard GLISSANT / Douglas HOFSTADTER / Delphine HORVILLEUR / Jacob / Jef / Jo / Jean-Yves JOUANNAIS / Fred LANZENBERG / Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLEZIO / Léontine & Félix / Rachel / Samuel MAOZ / Tobie NATHAN / Paul QWEST / Felwin SARR / Elia SULEIMAN / Bénédicte SAVOY / William / Yolande ZAUBERMAN
Edouard Glissant
Édouard Glissant was a French novelist, poet and philosopher. He won the Prix Renaudot in 1958 for his novel La Lézarde. In 1992, Édouard Glissant was a finalist for the Nobel Prize in Literature, but Saint Lucian writer Derek Walcott won by one vote.
Édouard Glissant is the founder of the concepts of ‘antillanité’, ‘Tout-monde’ and ‘Relation’, among others. Glissant also rethinks the notion of creolisation, as well as the categories of metaphysics and the modalities of cultural dialogue, in the light of his relational prism. Best known for Le Discours antillais (1981), Édouard Glissant is the author of a colossal body of conceptual and literary work, and a dense bibliography. From Soleil de la conscience (1956) to Anthologie de la poésie du Tout-Monde (2010), he has worked in every genre, from novels and poetry to theatre and philosophical essays. Often classified as a postcolonial theorist, Glissant's thought cannot be reduced to a single school or current, and has always redefined the models of a vision of the world in search of its own movement.
‘A Distinguished Professor of French literature at the City University of New York (CUNY), Édouard Glissant was director of the Courrier de l'Unesco from 1981 to 1988 and Honorary President of the International Parliament of Writers in 1993. He spent most of his academic career in the United States, first at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, then in New York. In 2006, he founded the Institut du Tout-Monde in Paris.
André Compte Sponville
André Comte-Sponville, born in Paris on 12 March 1952, is a French philosopher. He came to public attention in 1995 with the publication of his seventh book, Petit Traité des grandes vertus. He attempts to reconcile the answers of traditional philosophers with today's questions. How to live? How to be happy’, “Does life have a meaning”, “How to find wisdom without submitting to religions”, “How to be free”, “Is virtue still possible”, “How far does tolerance go”. He is a philosopher who describes himself as a materialist, rationalist and humanist. He proposes a materialist metaphysics, a humanist ethic and a spirituality without God, presented as ‘wisdom for our time’.
Fred Lanzenberg
Fred was a Parisian. When he arrived in Brussels in 1966, from the Galerie Rive Gauche in Le Sablon to the Galerie Fred Lanzenberg on Avenue Louise, and then to the Etangs d'Ixelles, Fred shared his passion for contemporary art with enthusiasm and clear-sightedness. He was the only gallery owner to exhibit Séroux's work.
Rachel 2007
Gilbert & George 2006
Gilbert & George (Gilbert Prousch and George Passmore) are two British visual artists working as a couple. They live and work in London. They were awarded the Turner Prize in 1986, and represented the UK at the Venice Biennale in 2005.