(L-R) Antoine Pohu, Luxembourgish writer; Tullio Forgiarini, Luxembourgish writer;
Credit: Alyssa Martini; Pitt Simon
Luxembourg’s Institut Pierre Werner (IPW) has announced a literary evening titled “Le Bruit du Monde – La littérature comme (ré)action” (The Noise of the World – Literature as (Re)Action), which will take place on Tuesday 2 June 2026 at 18:30 at the Lëtzebuerg City Bibliothèque in Luxembourg-Ville.
According to the organisers, the French-language event will focus on the relationship between literature and contemporary political, social and human realities, exploring how writing can capture and question the transformations shaping modern society.
The evening will feature readings and discussions with Luxembourgish writers Antoine Pohu and Tullio Forgiarini, notably around their works Après nos désirs (After Our Desires) and Miss Mona.
The discussion will be moderated by Tonia Raus, lecturer and researcher at the University of Luxembourg specialising in Luxembourgish literature.
Tullio Forgiarini was born in Luxembourg to an Italian father and a Luxembourgish mother. He writes mainly in French, but also in Luxembourgish, German and English. His “realistic, often dark and disillusioned tone” is balanced by black humour and surreal or even fairy-tale atmospheres. His works frequently comment, often satirically, on the shortcomings and challenges of contemporary society. He has published around ten novels, including Miss Mona, La Ballade de Lucienne Jourdain (Prix Liberté de Conscience), Amok (European Union Prize for Literature) and Céruse, which have been translated into several European languages.
For theatre, he has written Du ciel, Marguerites, Le retour de Lucienne Jourdain and Vandalium (winner of the Edmond-Dune theatre writing grant), and translated Laura Eason’s Sex with Strangers into French. For cinema, he directed the short film Terre promise and co-wrote screenplays adapted from his novels: Baby(a)lone (screenplay nominated at the 2015 Francophonie Trophies and film selected for the 2015 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film) and Lizardqueen, which is currently in development.
Antoine Pohu is a Luxembourgish writer recognised for his poetic and reflective works. After studying history and philosophy at the Université libre de Bruxelles, he published his first novel, La Quête, in 2020, winning first prize in the “Young Authors” category of the National Literary Competition.
Entry to the event is free.
Further details about the event are available via the Institut Pierre Werner.
