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Jean Marc Turine receives the prestigious Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2018 for his novel "La Théo des fleuves". Old Theodora can no longer walk or see. But she remembers and she tells us about her life, her encounters, her loves, her hopes, but also her wanderings, her dramas and her disillusions.Theodora is a child of the river. Born Rom, she has traveled, guided by the wind. Crossing time, she has lived many lives. Born at the dawn of the 20th century, she has lived through it all. A time of war, communism and repeated oppression, the history of the Rom reveals itself over the course of the novel and merges with the story of the century.about the bookThrough fair and committed writing that gives strength to this story, Jean Marc Turine denounces forced exile, bullying, injustice... The voices of the story intertwine to take us into a strong and complete story, which does not leave the reader indifferent and pushes him to reconsider the questions of exile and exclusion in the light of contemporary history.The strength of Jean Marc Turine's writing, since his first texts, lies in his desire to give voice to the voiceless, the oppressed, the victims and to stand up, relentlessly, against war and exclusion.