Jean-Paul Gourévitch is a writer, artist and international consultant on Africa and migration. He has in his news three good reasons to talk about his job.
The man is atypical because he touches everything and he is always where we do not expect him. Nîmes without being, he writes books as one goes to the beach. Prolix, Jean-Paul Gourévitch does not do so in the easy subject. ” I think that literature must open a new path. We must not follow in the footsteps of the predecessors. My works will have a long life! He has published about 80 of his books, but he has also participated in five exhibitions and created ten games.
Nîmois at heart, the author explains his arrival in the Gard. ” I am Parisian and Nîmes. It’s different but it can be combined! My wife fell in love with Nîmes and our house and as a good husband I followed and became Nîmois! My main residence is in Nîmes but my work is in Paris. »
Today at the center of three news, Jean-Paul Gourévitch attacks a myth. He who writes as well for a young audience on the childhood of the great Julius Caesar as for a readership informed on the major sensitive subjects of world news continues his journey with a Jean Cocteau card game which uses texts and drawings by the artist. The cards are in XXL format: ” Each color represents an art practiced by Cocteau. It is made with the texts but also the drawings of Cocteau. I am also working on a card game project related to the Musée de la romanité and this game would be designed from documents from the museum. Monuments, kings, mosaics… It will be released in 2021 or 2022 if all goes well! »
Another topical subject for Jean-Paul Gourévitch, his book France in Africa 1520-2020, truths and lies. « It is the story of migration and immigration. 25% of the French population is of foreign origin! This book is very serious, very precise. I worked 26 years in Africa. I work with French and African researchers to be as objective as possible. »
Jean-Paul Gourévitch was the first to assess the population of foreign origin living in France in 2009 at 7.7 million people (including 3.4 million North Africans and 2.4 million originating from sub-Saharan Africa) . For him then, in 2009, 14.1%, or nearly one in seven young people under 18 in metropolitan France was of African origin. He also wrote the Migration for Dummies and wanted to do away with misconceptions and unwarranted fears.
Finally, the “docurecit” The Trap, obviously the first in France. ” For the USA it is current literature but not in Europe. Some of the documents are perfectly real because their reproduction is identical to what they are. Part of the story is also real. It all started with an international scam dated 2019 initiated by Senegalese. It was within the framework of a summit on terrorism and violence against women. I imagined that a victim of this scam would start looking for who organized it. »
Anyone who always does what nobody expects would like to create a card game in the Gard. There is plenty to do and the author already has his idea. ” It’s a way to keep memory while playing! Many cities have games for tourists to explore in a fun way. If you ask me, I would do it with pleasure because the Gard has a heritage that is worth it! The image highlights the memory, something remains. I have been all over the world, brought back many decks of cards and it is a pleasure to see them again. The Russians – I am of Russian origin – created fairy tale games. You can go down in the history of a country thanks to this kind of thing … »Concludes Jean-Paul Gourévitch who collects card games and necessarily their illustrations.
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