Each year, in collaboration with the Cercle des Cultures association, the town organizes a cultural event in tribute to a personality who has left a lasting impression.

Following in the footsteps of Marcel Proust, Colette and Marco Polo, it's now Françoise Sagan's turn to celebrate the 90th anniversary of her birth.

Join us on Saturday November 15 at the Salle Quiquemelle for 2 special events dedicated to the author of "Bonjour Tristesse":

2pm: Dictation Rekindle childhood memories and test your spelling skills with excerpts from Françoise Sagan?s novel "Des bleus à l?âme", read by Christine David from Cercle des Cultures. No stakes, no competition, just the pleasure of a fun, collective experience. Open to all, all ages, materials and goodies provided. Free - Register by Tuesday, November 12 at the Town Hall reception desk or at communication@ville-courseulles.fr

3pm: The lecture "Une autre Sagan, tout ce que vous ne sais pas sur l?auteur de Bonjour Tristesse" ("Another Sagan, everything you don?t know about the author of Bonjour Tristesse") by Céline Hromadova Free - Registration required by Tuesday November 12 at the Town Hall reception desk or at communication@ville-courseulles.fr

Who was Françoise Sagan? Françoise Sagan is the author of some twenty novels, including Un certain sourire, Aimez-vous Brahms, La chamade, Des bleus à l?âme, Un orage immobile, several short stories, plays (Château en Suède won the Prix du Brigadier in 1960), film adaptations and screenplays, a biography of Sarah Bernhardt, a Diary (Toxique), memoirs, books of interviews, songs and numerous articles?

His first novel, Bonjour tristesse, written in the summer of 1953 and published by Julliard the following year in March, reveals a powerful style of writing, with short, pithy sentences and a tone of such originality that the book was awarded the Prix des Critiques by a prestigious jury (Jean Paulhan, Maurice Nadeau, Georges Bataille, Marcel Arland, Roger Caillois), and was an immediate bestseller in France and abroad. Deemed licentious by some, the novel caused a scandal, and the press seized on the young woman, who became a star of French literature. She was 19 years old. "(?) For three quarters of people, the scandal of this novel was that a young woman could sleep with a man without getting pregnant, without having to get married"

• the 15 november 2025 from 14:00 to 16:00

• Address: Place du Marché, 14470 COURSEULLES-SUR-MER
• E-mail: View emailcommunication@ville-courseulles.fr
• Website: www.courseulles-sur-mer.com/actualites/dictee-conference-francoise-sagan