KAY! Lettres à un poète disparu
About this event
Tuesday, December 1 at 7 p.m. KAY! Lettres à un poète disparu A show by Lamine Diagne and Mathieu Verdeil Readings and concert All ages Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes Jamaican-born novelist and poet who became an American citizen, Claude McKay distinguished himself through his fight against segregation and his commitment to civil rights during the first half of the 20th century. Admiration for this major author of African-American literature brought together Mathieu Verdeil, director of a documentary about the writer, and Lamine Diagne, author, storyteller and jazz musician, to create a multifaceted work: « KAY! Lettres à un poète disparu ». Combining music (jazz, slam), visual creations and readings, KAY! imagines a posthumous correspondence between two authors separated by a century. Free, by reservation while places are available: reservations.archives@departement13.fr and 04 13 31 82 00 Photo © Raphaël Arnaud
