Nathacha Appanah

(Mahérbourg, Mauritius) Nathacha Appanah is a writer. Her first novel, Les Rochers de Poudre d’Or, was published in 2003 by Gallimard Publishing. She is the author of Dernier Frère (2007), Tropique de la violence (2016) and Rien ne t’appartient (2021), among others.Her work addresses family relationships, memory, geopolitical and social issues with a sensitive and precise pen. Born in Mauritius and resident for several years in France, her books have been translated into several languages, including Basque, and she has won numerous literary prizes. In 2022, she received the Prix de la Langue Française for her entire body of work and held the chair of writing at Sciences Po. In 2023, he published La Mémoire délavée, for which he received the Prix des Ecrivains du Sud.

Interview: Luisa Etxenike

Luisa Etxenike is a writer and currently the director of Canal Europa. She runs the literary festival Un mundo de Escritoras, as well as a creative writing workshop for some years now. She has published, among others, the novels Los peces negros (2005), El ángulo ciego (Euskadi Literature Prize 2009), El detective de sonidos (2011), Aves del paraíso (2019), as well as the collection of poems El arte de la pesca (2015). She has also published Cruzar el agua (2022), Llevar en la piel (2023, winner of the Semana Negra Silverio Cañada Memorial Prize) and Cuerdas (2025). In 2007 she was awarded the distinction of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.