Leïla Slimani.

Two portraits of the French novelist Leïla Slimani has been published recently in Elle Magazine (March 26, 2026) and Neue Zürcher Zeitung (March 28, 2026).

The photographs were taken in Stockholm, during het last visit in autumn 2025.

Leïla Slimani

Stockholm, 2025

Assaut contre la frontière is her latest book to be published in French (Gallimard, 2026).

« Un vibrant plaidoyer pour la liberté et la littérature. »

Elle

« Leïla Slimani dévoile son rapport complexe à la langue arabe et la difficulté d’assumer une identité plurielle aujourd’hui. »

La Grande Librairie

« Leïla Slimani évoque son lien à la langue arabe, dans un texte fort où elle examine les contours de l’identité. Passionnant. TTT. »

Télérama

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All the portraits of Leïla Slimani are available at the Opale Agency.

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Rachel Cusk.

A photograph of the Canadian writer Rachel Cusk published in the French monthly magazine Elle (April 13, 2018), taken in Stockholm in October 2005.

All the portraits of Rachel Cusk are available at the Opale Agency.

You can also see more publication at laurentdenimal.se/publication

A portrait of Rachel Cusk is presented in the photo book "Portraits d'Auteurs / Author Portraits" (Carlssons 2020).

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Karl Ove Knausgård.

A photograph of the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgård published in the French monthly magazine Elle (December 15, 2017), and taken in Stockholm in April 2017.

All the portraits of Karl Ove Knausgård are available at the Opale Agency.

You can also see more publication at laurentdenimal.se/publication

A portrait of Karl Ove Knausgård is presented in the photo book "Portraits d'Auteurs / Author Portraits" (Carlssons 2020).

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