Leïla Slimani

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and academic Viet Thanh Nguyen talks to John Wilson about his formative influences and experiences. A child refugee, he moved to the United States with his family at the end of the Vietnam War. He is best known for his 2015 debut novel The Sympathize ...  Show more

Pioneering artist Liliane Lijn talks to John Wilson about her formative cultural influences. A leading figure in the development of kinetic sculptures in the 1960s, she is renowned for her use of light and movement, creating sculptures and installations that draw inspiration from ...  Show more

What draws the novelist to such dark visions of femininity? Sarah Montague speaks to Leila Slimani, one of France’s most famous, and most controversial, authors. Her first book Adele, just published in English, shocked readers for breaking taboos about women and sex addiction. In ...  Show more

Pour la cinquième édition des Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon, CHANEL et Charlotte Casiraghi, ambassadrice et porte-parole de la Maison, invitent l’écrivaine Leïla Slimani, lauréate 2016 du prestigieux Prix Goncourt pour son roman « Chanson douce » publié aux Éditions Gallimar ...  Show more

This month World Book Club talks to Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela about her award-winning novel Minaret. This poignant and lyrical tale traces the journey of a young woman, Najwa, who is forced to flee her native Khartoum in Sudan, amidst conflict and political turmoil and excha ...  Show more