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Tragic Death at High School: The Writers’ Reflections – Exclusive Article

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Le Libé des writersdossierAfter the discovery on Wednesday of a lifeless body in the toilets of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-la-Salle high school, the author shared what the event inspired in her.

On the occasion of the Paris Book Festival on April 12, 13 and 14, our journalists give way to authors for an exceptional issue and an 8-page special Quebec supplement. Hervé Le Tellier and Dany Laferrière are the editors-in-chief of this 17th edition of Libé des writers. Find all the articles here.

On Wednesday, a young person was found dead in the toilets of his high school in Reims. Heart disease ? Suicide? Nobody knows yet (1) but, already, tongues are loosening and talking about this boy’s discomfort. Also mockery, insults and even harassment that he would have suffered regarding his sexual identity. But here again, all doubts are allowed. It is still too early to determine the causes of his death.

Zoom out. I imagine myself at the same age. I cross the main hall, I enter the toilets of my high school and there, I discover one of my comrades dead. I imagine the white in my body. Screams. My screams perhaps. My reality shattering. This image of his lifeless body which will never let go of me.

A screaming image.

I’m 14 years old. I am 15 years old. I am 16 years old. Death is still so far from me. So far from all of us. We don’t

2024-04-11 21:09:57
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