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Leïla Slimani
Leïla Slimani is the first Moroccan woman to win France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, which she won for Lullaby. A journalist and frequent commentator on women’s and human rights, she is French president Emmanuel Macron’s personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981, she lives in Lisbon.
Author photograph: Francesca Mantovani 2022 © Éditions Gallimard.
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The Scent of Flowers at Night
'A revelation' KATY HESSEL 'Brilliant' OBSERVER Over one night, alone in the Punta della Dogana Museum in Venice, Leïla Slimani grapples with the self as…