{"id":12465,"date":"2025-09-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorethenorth.nl\/literaire-ster-edouard-louis-naar-explore-the-north-festival\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T07:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T05:18:20","slug":"literaire-ster-edouard-louis-naar-explore-the-north-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorethenorth.nl\/en\/literaire-ster-edouard-louis-naar-explore-the-north-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary star comes to Leeuwarden\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The world-renowned writer and sociologist \u00c9douard Louis is coming to our festival in November! The French writer is known for his highly-personal, autobiographical novels about his family, his homosexuality in a homophobic environment, racism, and growing up in a working-class family in northern France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c9douard Louis made his breakthrough in 2014 with his first novel, <em>The End of Eddy<\/em>. This November will see the publication of the sixth and final installment of this (family) series, entitled <em>L&#8217;effondrement (The Collapse)<\/em>. \u00c9douard Louis&#8217; work has been translated all over the world, adapted for film, and even more notably, adapted for the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c9douard Louis will be joining us (and ILFU in Utrecht) for a discussion with fellow writer and friend Raoul de Jong. They will of course be discussing Louis&#8217; new novel and looking back on all the installments of the family project. Video clips and actors&#8217; readings will highlight all the important themes in \u00c9douard Louis&#8217; work. We anticipate a special evening, with a candid conversation about his entire oeuvre, enriched with footage from the various theatrical adaptations of his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This program around \u00c9douard Louis is a collaboration between Explore the North and ILFU (International Literature Festival Utrecht). The writer will also be appearing at ILFU on Monday, November 24, at the Stadsschouwburg Utrecht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to weekend tickets, day tickets are now also available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weekend Tickets<\/strong><br>Weekend tickets: <strong>\u20ac56<\/strong><br>Youth tickets: <strong>\u20ac22.50<\/strong> (ages 13 to 25 and students)*<br>Children\u2019s tickets: <strong>\u20ac11.00<\/strong><br><br><strong>Day Tickets<\/strong><br>Ticket for Friday, 21 November: <strong>\u20ac28.50<\/strong> <br>Ticket for Saturday, 22 November: <strong>\u20ac33.50<\/strong> <br>Ticket for Sunday, 23 November: <strong>\u20ac28.50<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Valid for youth up to 25 years old and students. 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