The event, held at the Cercle Sport Figuerenc, reflected on the need for financial independence and personal space to create, echoing Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. The authors shared how writing is a life project that often requires discipline to balance with other professional obligations.
“"If the house doesn't burn down, I will write. Let the world collapse, I will write."
The discussion also highlighted cryptogyny, a term describing the systematic concealment of women's contributions. Statistics revealed a stark reality: only 18 women have received the Nobel Prize in Literature out of 119 laureates, showing a persistent gender bias in the literary world.
