Marie-Laure Bernadac & Lauren Elkin: Knife-Woman
About this episode
Marie-Laure Bernadac discusses her biography of Louise Bourgeois with translator Lauren Elkin.
To mark the publication of Knife Woman: The Life of Louise Bourgeois (Yale) its author, curator and art historian Marie-Laure Bernadac was in conversation about the life and work of Louise Bourgeois with the book’s translator, Lauren Elkin. ‘Bernadac's remarkable biography has made the telling of Louis Bourgeois's life into a new art’ (Juliet Mitchell). You can buy a copy of Knife Woman: The Life of Louise Bourgeois from the London Review Bookshop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Guests: Marie-Laure Bernadac, Lauren Elkin
Topics covered
- biography
- art history
- Louise Bourgeois
- conversation
- translation
Keywords
- Louise Bourgeois
- Marie-Laure Bernadac
- Lauren Elkin
- Knife Woman
- biography
- art
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Yale, London Review Bookshop
Books & works: Knife Woman: The Life of Louise Bourgeois
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