Sélections

2019 Year of Da Vinci The great Italian man is celebrated everywhere. From Florence to Amboise, via Martigny, Milan, Turin, Vinci, Venice and Paris. Numerous events and exhibitions pay tribute to him. Born in 1452 in Vinci, Tuscany, he learned painting and sculpture from Verrocchio in Florence. Misunderstood in Florence, he moved to Milan to […]

The public course “…en séries…” of the Centre interdisciplinaire d’étude des littératures (CIEL) of the University of Lausanne is dedicated this fall semester 2019 to serial narrative and to literary, cinematographic and artistic series. In conjunction with this public course, the collection managers at the Unithèque website offer you a selection of documents on serial […]

Many gulag survivors, having experienced suffering and degradation during their imprisonment, took up the pen after their liberation. Their stories, full of strength and courage, are invaluable testimonies. They provide an insight into the reality of survival conditions in Soviet camps, as well as into the innermost depths of the human soul. From March 3 […]

Classical, jazz, rock, blues… music has always been a source of inspiration for writers. Numerous musical characters, real or fictional, and musical titles inhabit literature. And many musical instruments and trends become essential elements of the narrative. Sound art thus inspires writing, creation, inventiveness and the development of ideas. We’ve put together a selection of […]

“The time we have each day is elastic; the passions we feel expand it, those we inspire shrink it, and habit fills it.”(Marcel Proust, A la recherche du temps perdu, t. 4: Sodome et Gomorrhe I et II, 1921-1922) The 2020 edition of Les Mystères de l’UNIL should have focused on the theme of time. […]

Our rich collection of French-speaking African literature (LAF) often goes unnoticed by the public at the Riponne site, even though it abounds in a wide and varied selection of works by talented French-speaking African authors. To rectify the situation, we’re offering you the chance to discover LAF through the prism of love. In this strange […]