Hasmig Chahinian (France) holds a PhD in children's literature from University Paris 13. She works in the International Division of the National Centre for Children’s Literature, a service of the French National Library. She is the liaison officer for IBBY France and has been a member of the IBBY EC and liaison officer for Europe for many years (2010-2014 and 2016-2020). Hasmig collaborates with the National Centre for Children’s Literature’s various publications, works on promoting reading and children’s literature and holds training sessions in France and abroad. Because of her background – she is Armenian, Lebanese and French – Hasmig is interested in questions related to multicultural identity and languages.
Contact details: hasmig.chahinian@bnf.fr ٠ cnlj.bnf.fr/fr/ibby_france