Lydia Flem

Beth Kearney (University of Queensland)

Ed. by Kate Averis, University of Western Australia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born 1952

Places

Active in France

Activities

Primary

Photographer
Prose writer
Psychoanalyst

Resources

Flem's Works

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Belgian writer, photographer and psychoanalyst, Lydia Flem,has gained considerable recognition both within and beyond her native Belgium. While her first publications are essayistic or biographical in nature, her later nonfiction works are far more experimental. Flem is best known for her memoirs –

La Reine Alice

[Queen Alice] (2011) and

Trilogie familiale

[Family Trilogy] (2020)

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that explore family, memory, heritage, illness, trauma, and creativity. Flem’s two most recent publications at the time of writing –

Bouche bavarde oreille curieuse

[Chatty mouth curious ear] (2022) and

Que ce soit doux pour les vivants

[May this be gentle for the survivors] (2024)

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are personal essays investigating topics on social and cultural history, the creative arts, psychology, sociology and…

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Citation: Kearney, Beth. "Lydia Flem". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 November 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14912, accessed 21 December 2024.]