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Beyond Words French Literature Festival Agnès Poirier - Beyond Words Live Literature Festival

Agnès Poirier

Born in Paris but educated in London, Agnès Poirier is a journalist, writer, critic and broadcaster. She has written 4 essays on French-British cultural differences and approaches to the world, which is one of the many topics she regularly discusses both on the BBC and CNN, and writes about in The Guardian and New York Times. In her latest book, Notre-Dame. The Soul of France, Agnès Poirier tries to answer to the question: What makes Notre-Dame the soul of a nation and a symbol of human achievement?

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The Outsiders: Kamel Daoud, Ben Okri & Agnès Poirier