Pour la litterature has had a series of shows about the NRF (Nouvelle Revue Française). I've been listening to Philippe Sollers and Angie David chat about the Revue in the 50s when it reappeared after a hiatus that began with the war and continued afterwards because it was proscribed for it's collaboarationisme.
Jean d'Ormesson considers the NRF to be a prominent literary figure of the 20th century and accordingly devotes a chapter to it in his Une Autre histoire de la litterature français (every other chapter is devoted to actual writers).
As usual, I don't hang on every word as I listen to these podcasts, but I especially like to hear Sollers talk. He recounts the involvement of Dominique Aury, the author of l'Histoire d'O. She wrote the book for her lover, Paul Paulhan, who was then the director of the NRF (and also 30 years her senior). Sollers recalls afternoons in the 90s at the comités des lectures at Gallimard where she would read her carefully taken notes and then slip into a peaceful slumber as the day gave way to crépuscule.
Pour la littérature on iTunes
Philippe Sollers - l'Infini
Angie David - Dominique Aury
