Can poetry, novels, or fiction be written after Auschwitz? For a long time, the enormity of the crime and the trauma of discovering the camps seemed to render words powerless in the face of such horror.
Yet major authors such as Primo Levi and Charlotte Delbo created essential works that are both historical and literary. Today, accounts and novels about Auschwitz are proliferating and attracting a wide audience. What explains this interest? What does this flourishing publishing output encompass? And how can we distinguish between eyewitness testimonies, documented accounts, and fiction inspired by Auschwitz? Featuring Maxime Decout, professor of literature at the Faculty of Letters of Sorbonne Université, and Guido Furci, associate professor of literature at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. Moderated by Eduardo Castillo. Book now
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