Laura Alcoba to Present Latest Work at Cerbère’s Belvédère

Award-winning novelist Laura Alcoba will be appearing at the Belvédère du Rayon Vert in Cerbère, France, on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at 3:00 PM to present her latest book, Minuit à bord (Midnight on Board), published by Gallimard.

A Writer in Residence

The event is hosted by the Oxymore bookstore. Alcoba’s visit is connected to a writer’s residency, during which she was the sole occupant of the Hôtel du Belvédère, a historic hotel dating back to the 1930s. While in residence, Alcoba explored the work of poet Benjamin Fondane, who died in deportation in 1944.

Exploring Benjamin Fondane’s Lost Film

Minuit à bord centers on Alcoba’s investigation into Fondane’s life and work, specifically a film he made in Argentina with the support of Victoria Ocampo, which was subsequently lost. The book delves into the lives of Fondane, his wife Geneviève, and his sister Line, and explores themes of rising European unrest in the late 1930s and the impact of historical events on individual lives.

Event Details

The presentation will include readings by Laura Alcoba, Claude Faber, and Marie Grollier, who will perform on cello.

About Laura Alcoba

Laura Alcoba was born in Argentina in 1968 and writes in French. She is the author of several novels published by Gallimard, including Manèges: Petite histoire argentine, Jardin blanc, Les passagers de l’Anna C., Le bleu des abeilles, La danse de l’araignée (which won the Prix Marcel Pagnol in 2017), and Par la forêt. Her novel Les rives de la mer Douce, published by Mercure de France, received the Prix de Littérature française Roger-Caillois in 2023. Alcoba is also a translator and university professor at Université Paris-Nanterre . She has translated works by authors such as Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Selva Almada, Yuri Herrera, Fernanda Melchor, and Camila Sosa Villada.