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I will regularly publish here the latest news concerning my work as a photographer and translator: news from ongoing projects, the progress being made on upcoming photo books, the latest writer portraits, any newly published writer portraits in the press, current translations in progress, etc.

Recently published : 10 writers.

Laurent Denimal
Jan 13, 2022

New books of the ten following writers has been recently published in french and english; Santiago Gamboa, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Jila Mossaed, Stefan Hertmans, Sara Stridsberg, Charif Majdalani, Jean-Noël Pancrazi, Karl Ove Knausgård, Nedim Gürsel and Maria Ernestam.

You will find all the portraits of these writers at the Opale Agency.

You can even see the complete collection of writers portrait here.

Santiago Gamboa

Une maison à Bogotá

Métailié

Jón Kalman Stefánsson *

Ton absence n'est que ténèbres

Grasset

Jila Mossaed *

Le huitième pays

Le Castor Astral

Stefan Hertmans

Une ascension

Gallimard

Sara Stridsberg

L'antarctique de l'amour

Gallimard

Charif Majdalani *

Beirut 2020

The collapse of a civilization, a Journal

Mountain Leopard Press

Jean-Noël Pancrazi

Les années manquantes

Gallimard

Karl Ove Knausgård *

En hiver

Denoël

Nedim Gürsel *

Voyage en Iran. En attendant l'imam caché

Actes Sud

Maria Ernestam

Jambes cassées, coeurs brisés

Actes Sud / Babel

The writers name with an * are represented in the book "Portraits d'Auteurs / Author Portraits", Carlssons 2021.

An interview : Hyam Yared.

Laurent Denimal
Dec 10, 2021

The Swedish magazine Balder is publishing in its new issue (4/2021) an interview with the Lebanese writer Hyam Yared made in Paris by Åsa Magnusson, and also a chapter of her last book "Implosions" (Editions des Équateurs, 2021, Paris) translated in Swedish.

Balder is a quarterly cultural magazine with focus on art, literature, society, agriculture, philosophy and pedagogy.

You can find it on the following bookstores and retailers in Sweden or on Balder website.

Read the complete article in Balder !

Read the article in Balder !

Hyam Yared in conversation with Åsa Magnusson, Paris 2021

Hyam Yared, Paris 2021

More portrait of the author are available at the Agence Opale

Hyam Yared is represented in the photo book "Portraits d’auteurs / Author portraits" (Carlssons, 2020)

Writers in Paris.

Laurent Denimal
Nov 5, 2021

During a three-day journey in Paris, I could meet the five following writers; Philippe Claudel, David Hury, Frasse Mikardsson, Philippe Sénac and Hyam Yared.

Thanks to them for taking the time to meet me !

More portraits for each author are available at the Agence Opale (Paris).

See also the Complete collection of portraits.

The writers name with an * are represented in the book "Portraits d'Auteurs / Author Portraits", Carlssons 2021.

The titel of the book is the last published (in French).