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I will regularly publish here the latest news concerning my work as a photographer and translator: news from ongoing projects, the progress being made on upcoming photo books, the latest writer portraits, any newly published writer portraits in the press, current translations in progress, etc.

An interview : Leïla Slimani.

Laurent Denimal
Apr 1

The Swedish literary magazine Karavan is publishing in its new issue (1/2026) an interview with the French novelist Leïla Slimani made in Stockholm during her stay in the Swedish capital last autumn.

The interview was conducted in French by Åsa Magnusson.

Magazine article titled "Hon tar med sig elden" featuring text about Leïla Slimani's work and her visit to Stockholm for an interview.

Read the complete interview in

Karavan is a quarterly magazine with focus on literature

from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

You can find it on all the good newsagents in Sweden or at the Karavan webshop.

Thanks to Natur & Kultur for making this interview possible.

Leïla Slimani, Stockholm 2025

The Morocco trilogy began with De andras land (2022) and continued with Dansa med mig (2025).

With Jag tar med mig elden (2025), Leïla Slimani brings her Morocco trilogy to a close.

Leïla Slimani novels in Swedish are published by Natur & Kultur.

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

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

Boualem Sansal.

Laurent Denimal
Oct 9, 2025

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.

Read the complete article in

Boualem Sansal

Saint-Nazaire, November 16th, 2008

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.

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.

An interview : Nina Bouraoui.

Laurent Denimal
Jan 5, 2025

The Swedish literary magazine Karavan is publishing in its new issue (4/2024) an interview with the French novelist Nina Bouraoui made in Stockholm by Åsa Magnusson.

Karavan is a quarterly magazine with focus on literature from Africa, Asia and Latin America. You can find it on all the good newsagent's shop in Sweden or at the Karavan webshop.