Violette Leduc was born in Arras, Pas de Calais, France, the illegitimate daughter of a servant girl, Berthe. In Valenciennes, the young Violette spent most of her childhood suffering from an ugly sel…
Stig Dagerman was one of the most prominent Swedish authors during the 1940s. In the course of five years, 1945-49, he enjoyed phenomenal success with four novels, a collection of short stories, a boo…
Leslie Feinberg was a transgender activist, speaker, and author. Feinberg was a high ranking member of the Workers World Party and a managing editor of Workers World newspaper.
Charlotte Delbo was a French writer chiefly known for her haunting memoirs of her time as a prisoner in Auschwitz, where she was sent for her activities as a member of the French resistance. Born in Vi…
Chloé Delaume, de son vrai nom Nathalie Dalain, née à Versailles le 10 mars 1973, est une écrivaine et éditrice française. Elle est également performeuse, musicienne, chanteuse, de manière plus anecdo…
Ingrid Chabbert est née en 1978 en Aveyron et vit aujourd'hui à Carcassonne. Elle écrit depuis sa plus tendre enfance, partout et sur n'importe quoi. Elle n'a pas fait d'études de lettres mais jouer ave…
Julia Kerninon est née en 1987 à Nantes, où elle vit. Elle est docteure en lettres, spécialiste de littérature américaine. Elle s’est fait remarquer dès son premier roman, Buvard (2014), qui a reçu no…
Neige Sinno is a French writer who has studied American literature in the United States and Mexico, and worked as a translator and literature professor. She is the author of two previous books, Le Cam…
Laura Lisa Vazquez, born in 1986 in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales}, is a French poet and novelist. She lives in Marseille. She was a resident of the Villa Médicis in 2022 and received the Goncourt pr…
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr was born in Dakar in 1990. He studied literature and philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Terre ceinte (Brotherhood), his first novel, won the …
Palestinian writer and academic. Holding a PhD in comparative literature from Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV), he has published short stories, essays, and novels in French and English. His work e…
Nació, creció y vive actualmente en la Ciudad de Aguascalientes. Estudió la licenciatura en Filosofía. Ha sido empleada de un call-center, un bar y una fábrica de dulces. Ha trabajado como editora de …
Constance Debré is the daughter of journalist François Debré (1942-2020) and former model Maylis Ybarnégaray (1942-1988), granddaughter of Michel Debré (1912-1996), former Prime Minister of General de…
Pauline Harmange is an author and a feminist, writer of "I Hate Men", the feminist outburst published in 20 languages. She strongly believes that fiction has a crucial role to play in shaping represen…
Fatima Daas was born in 1995 and grew up in Clichy-sous-Bois, France, where her parents settled after arriving from Algeria. In high school Daas participated in writing workshops led by Tanguy Viel. I…
