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TONINO BENACQUISTA LOCKDOWN Q&A

TONINO BENACQUISTA,  LOCKDOWN Q&A, April 2020

 Where you are currently living and are you needing to self-isolate in your country? 

I have been at home in Paris since the start of the lockdown a month ago.

 

How are these surreal days influencing your normal writing process?

Nothing has changed in this regard. I have been working from home for 30 years and keep the same schedule. I am working on a manuscript started almost a year ago.

 

If you had to isolate yourself with one other writer, who would it be and why?

I happen to be isolated with a writer: my partner, Catherine SAUVAT. I couldn't have asked for better!

 

Do you have any local stories of kindness or good deeds that you can share?

Like all of France, I sit at my window at 8 p.m. every evening to applaud the nursing staff. All my neighbourhood is present, it’s a joyful and united moment

 

What are you currently reading for pleasure?

I only read for work, Ray Bradbury, Maupassant, and La Bruyère

 

Is there a local dish or comfort food that you are eating more regularly at the moment, to get you through these turbulent times?

A dish, no. But from time to time a little scotch doesn't hurt…

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