Nathacha Appanah.

The Femina literary prize 2025 goes to the a Mauritian-French author Nathacha Appanah for La Nuit au cœur (Gallimard, 2025).

La nuit au cœur intertwines three stories of women who are victims of violence at the hands of their partners. Walking the line between strength and humility, Nathacha Appanah examines the unbearable enigma of domestic femicide, when the dark night takes the place of love.

Read more about La nuit au coeur on the website of ActuaLitté

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Nathacha Appanah, Stockholm, 2019

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Nathacha Appanah is represented in the photo book

"Portraits d’auteurs / Author portraits"

(Carlssons, 2020)

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All the portraits of Nathacha Appanah are available at the Opale Agency

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Boualem Sansal.

The Swedish literary magazine Karavan is publishing in its new issue (3/2025) a detailed portrait of the Algerian-French author Boualem Sansal written by Åsa Magnusson.

Boualem Sansal, arrested in Algiers on 16 November 2024 by the Algerian authorities, imprisoned and charged, was sentenced on 27 March 2025 to five years in prison. What is he accused of ? His freedom of expression, his opinions, his writings.

Åsa Magnusson paints a portrait of the author, his journey as a free man and committed writer, who always refused to leave his country despite tensions and threats.

Karavan is a quarterly magazine with focus on literature from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

You can buy Karavan on all the good newsagent's shop in Sweden or at the Karavan webshop.

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Boualem Sansal

Saint-Nazaire, November 16th, 2008

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A selected bibliography

Boualem Sansals books are published in French by Éditions Gallimard

The French publishing house David Reinharc Editions published the book Pour Boualem Sansal (March 2025) in support of the writer.

The Boualem Sansal case is a matter of civilisation.

Sixty authors, each in their own way – as writers, politicians, thinkers, artists – defend the honour, courage and genius of a man facing

the worst political repression. His heroism compels us, his fate concerns us.

To abandon Boualem Sansal to his persecutors is, whether one is on the left, the right or the centre, to betray the spiritual essence of Europe.

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Boualem Sansal in Swedish

I set in motion the translation of the novel Le village de l’Allemand (Gallimard, Paris 2008) in 2017 together with Kerstin Zetterquist and Åsa Magnusson, who were responsible for the Swedish text.

None of Boualem Sansals novels have been translated into Swedish yet, in spite of a wide-ranging and prolific literary production (novels, short stories, essays), various literature prizes :

. Prix du Premier Roman 1999

. Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2011

. Grand Prix de la Francophonie 2013

. Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie Française 2015

. Prix Méditerrannée 2021

. Prix mondial Cino Del Duca 2025

Boualem Sansals novels are translated into multiple other European languages (English, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian …) .

We are still looking for a Swedish publisher who would be interested in introducing Sansal's literary work to Swedish readers.

Read more about the project

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More portraits of Boualem Sansal are available at the Opale Agency.

Boualem Sansal is represented in the photo book Portraits d’auteurs / Author portraits (Carlssons, 2020)

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You can visit Åsa Magnussons website to find the complete collection of her texts (in Swedish).

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An interview : Josefin Winther.

The Swedish magazine Balder is publishing in its new issue (3-4/2025) an interview with the Norwegian artist and songwriter Josefin Winther made in Järna in by Åsa Magnusson.

Read the complete interview in Balder

Balder is a cultural magazine with high standards: art, literature, society, agriculture, philosophy and education all have a place in Balder. In Balder's interviews, you meet stress researchers and beekeepers, artists and thinkers.

Balder is interested in people with their own perspective and a critical view of society.

You can find it on the following bookstores and retailers in Sweden.

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Josefin Winther, Järna 2025

Josefin Winther is born and raised in Bergen, Norway.

She has released seven albums, and played hundreds of shows in Northern Europe. The critics have compared her music to the likes of PJ Harvey and Patti Smith. 

All the portraits of Josefin Winther are available at the Opale Agency.

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You can visit Åsa Magnussons website to find the complete collection of her texts (in Swedish).

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