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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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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