ABC of the future

Nadine Gordimer, N. Scott Momaday, Philippe Claudel, Fatou Diome, Gisèle Pineau and Abdourahman Waberi are some of the writers who have joined UNESCO in its fight against illiteracy. In this issue, published on the occasion of International Literacy Day (8 September), their texts appear side by side with stories on the five laureates of the 2007 UNESCO Literacy Prizes.