Bibliotopia 2022 | Interview with Jean-Baptiste Del Amo and Salomé Kiner

"Family in Distress"
Moderation: Oriane Jeancourt-Galignani

Jean-Baptiste Del Amo is a French writer. His novels have been widely translated and include "Une éducation libertine" (2008, Prix Goncourt for the first novel), "Pornographia" (2013, Prix Sade), "Le règne animal" (2016, Prix du livre Inter 2017) which appeared in English as "Animalia" (2019, translated by Frank Wynn), and "Le fils de l’homme" (2021), soon to be published in English. His writing often explores the transmission of violence between generations.

Salomé Kiner is a journalist, novelist and a literary critic. She wrote reportages from around the world before settling in Switzerland, where she has worked for "Le Temps" and the Radio Télévision Suisse. Her first novel, "Grande couronne" (2021, Prix Zadig, shortlisted Prix Inter 2022), gives a poignant portrait of an adolescent who faces the difficulties of growing up from the allure of consumerism, and her mother’s depression to brutal confrontation with sexuality.