Les Rencontres d'Aubrac is a French

France

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 literary festival

Literary festival

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. This event has taken place every last weekend of August in Aubrac

Aubrac

Aubrac is a town in the southern Massif Central of France. The name is also applied to the surrounding landscape, which is properly called L'Aubrac in French. The Aubrac region has been a member of the Natura 2000 network since August 2006...

, Aveyron

Aveyron

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 (12), France since 1994.

History

Les Rencontres d'Aubrac is an event aimed both at a specialized and a non-specialized public. The program (see the 2010 program here) is a mix between scientific lectures and films, theatre shows, and other forms of expressions such as whorkshops with the participation of the public.

Each year, a new theme is chosen among key themes of the French literature

French literature

French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written in French language, by citizens...

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Themes chosen from the beginning of the Rencontres d'Aubrac:

1. Jean Giono
   Jean Giono
   Jean Giono was a French author who wrote works of fiction set in the Provence region of France.-First period:...
   
   , Julien Gracq
   Julien Gracq
   Julien Gracq , born Louis Poirier in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, in the French département of Maine-et-Loire, was a French writer. He wrote novels, critiques, a play, and poetry. His literary works were noted for their Surrealism.Gracq first studied in Paris at the Lycée Henri IV, where he earned his...
   
    in 1994
2. Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz in 1995
3. Henri Pourrat
   Henri Pourrat
   Henry Pourrat was a French writer and anthropologist who collected the oral literature of the Auvergne.-Biography :...
   
    in 1996
4. Alexandre Vialatte in 1997
5. Littérature de sanatorium
   Sanatorium
   A sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with treatment of tuberculosis before antibiotics...
   
   in 1998
6. Génie conteur du Nord (de l’Islande à l’Estonie) in 1999
7. Récits d’aventures sur les routes médiévales européennes in 2001
8. Aubracadabra : Qu’est-ce qu’un conte populaire ? in 2003
9. Aubracadabra : Figures du fantastique dans les contes et nouvelles in 2004
10. Dire les Mythes in 2005
11. Dire les Mythes (nouvelle édition) in 2006
12. Les mythes et les contes ont-ils encore un sens ? in 2007
13. Dire l'Interdit dans les contes, nouvelles, poèmes, chansons, films in 2008
14. Voyage en Absurdie in 2009
15. Vertige de l'Imposture in 2010

Complete list of programs

Rencontres d'Aubrac in video

The Rencontres d'Aubrac are filmed by the MSH, within the project AAR (archives audiovisuelles de la recherche). All the lectures are available in video, indexed content, here.

External links

• Rencontres d'Aubrac website