As part of the Seminar on Contemporary French Writing and Culture, author, illustrator, and graphic artist Emmanuel Guibert will be a guest in the ‘Conversations avec…’ series. The conversation will be convened by Professor Catriona Seth and Professor Seth Whidden.

In addition to several successful series for children (including Sardines de l’espace and Ariol), Emmanuel Guibert's publications for adults include La Fille du professeur with Joann Sfar (Dupuis, 1997), the trilogy Le Photographe (about photographer Didier Lefèvre’s experiences accompanying Médecins sans frontières in Afghanistan in 1986; Dupuis, 2003-8) and the series devoted to American G.I. Alan Cope, entitled La Guerre d’Alan (L’Association, 2000-8, with subsequent volumes L’Enfance d’Alan and Martha & Alan in 2012 and 2016, respectively).

A perennial frontrunner for awards at the Festival international de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême, Emmanuel Guibert received the 2017 ‘Prix René-Goscinny pour l’ensemble de son œuvre’. Last month his work was the subject of an exhibition at the 2018 festival, where he was one of the three finalists for the ‘Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême’.

The conversation, which is made possible by the generous support of the Maison Française d’Oxford, will be in French.

All are welcome.

Download the event poster (.pdf).

The header image is a detail from Martha & Alan (2012) by Emmanuel Guibert. © L'Association / Artist: Emmanual Guibert. To find out more about Guibert's work, see here.