2024 – Ananda Devi

Winner of the 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

Born in Mauritius, Ananda Devi has become one of the major literary voices of the Indian Ocean with over twenty-five books, including novels, collections of poetry, short stories, and essays. Published by the French publishers Gallimard and Grasset, she has been translated into over a dozen languages and has received numerous literary prizes and decorations from Mauritius and also from France, with the title of Officier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2014 she received a major award from the Académie Française. The University of Silesia, Poland, conferred upon her a doctorate honoris causa. The Guardian recommended her novel Eve out of Her Ruins among the hundred best contemporary novels in translation by women writers. Nominated by Fabienne Kanor / Representative text: Eve out of Her Ruins