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Biographies:

• Charline Lambert was born in Belgium. A trained novelist, she is now an author, poet and researcher at the Catholic University of Louvain. Her research focuses on the poetic sign at the test of sensory-limiting experiences, under the prism of deafness, a theme that particularly touches her since she is deaf, she also composes poems (poems in sign language). She has published four books of poetry: “Chanvre et lierre” (2016), “Sous dialyses” (2016), “Désincarcération” (2017) and “Une salve” (2020). Her next collection, “Quiconques”, will appear in 2023. Her first essay, devoted to the character Dr. Strange, will also be published in 2023. She has received, among others, the Georges Lockem Prize of the Royal Academy of Belgium. objectifplumes.be/charline-lambert
   
• Jean-Paul Eid was born in Lebanon to a Belgian mother and a Lebanese father. His family immigrated to Quebec when he was three years old. After studying visual arts and animation, he published comics in the humoristic magazine Croc. As an illustrator, he has worked for numerous magazines, advertising agencies, film and television productions, children's book publishers and historical and scientific museums. Today, he is considered a leading figure in Quebec's 9th art. He has published the graphic novels “Le Naufragé de Memoria” (1999), “La femme aux cartes postales” (2016) and “Le petit astronaute” (2021). This critically and publicly acclaimed work is inspired by the author's life and tells the story of a little boy born with a severe disability. Tom does not walk or talk, but his passage on Earth will change the way people look at him. The author has received, among others, the ACBD Prize for Quebecois comics. bd-eid.com