Les Rencontres d'Aubrac
Les Rencontres d'Aubrac is a French literary festival. This event has taken place every last weekend of August in Aubrac, Aveyron, France since 1994.
== History ==
Les Rencontres d'Aubrac is an event aimed both at a specialized and a non-specialized public. The program (see the 2010 program here) is a mix between scientific lectures and films, theatre shows, and other forms of expressions such as workshops with the participation of the public.
Each year, a new theme is chosen among key themes of the French literature.
Themes chosen from the beginning of the Rencontres d'Aubrac:Jean Giono, Julien Gracq in 1994
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz in 1995
Henri Pourrat in 1996
Alexandre Vialatte in 1997
Littérature de sanatorium in 1998
Génie conteur du Nord (de l’Islande à l’Estonie) in 1999
Récits d’aventures sur les routes médiévales européennes in 2001
Aubracadabra : Qu’est-ce qu’un conte populaire ? in 2003
Aubracadabra : Figures du fantastique dans les contes et nouvelles in 2004
Dire les Mythes in 2005
Dire les Mythes (nouvelle édition) in 2006
Les mythes et les contes ont-ils encore un sens ? in 2007
Dire l'Interdit dans les contes, nouvelles, poèmes, chansons, films in 2008
Voyage en Absurdie in 2009
Vertige de l'Imposture in 2010
Complete list of programs
== Rencontres d'Aubrac in video ==
The Rencontres d'Aubrac are filmed by the MSH, within the project AAR (archives audiovisuelles de la recherche). All the lectures are available in video, indexed content, here.
== External links ==
Rencontres d'Aubrac website (in French)