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Venezuela, 1982. He is a fiction writer. He has published the collection of short stories Dinero fácil (Libros del Fuego, 2014) and the book of non-fiction Crónicamente Caracas (FCU, 2008). In 2016 he was a writer-in-residence at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. In 2024 he was a guest writer to the festival Leap Off Page, in Bulgaria. His short pieces have won awards in the USA and Venezuela. His texts appear in anthologies published in Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela. Among other media he has collaborated in Frictions, Latin American Literature Today,  Zeit Online, and Papel Literario. Two of his short-stories were audio recorded in the collection The Palabra Archive, Library of Congress, USA. Selections of his work have been translated into English, German and Bulgarian. He lives in Berlin with his family

Claudia Antonio Quiroga Broggi was born and grew up in Villa Mercedes, in the province of San Luis in Argentina. He has a degree in Engineering and Electronics and has pursued a career in those fields.

Ten of his sonnets are at the Museum of Poetry of Carolina in San Luis and two of his stories were published by the "San Luis Libro Program". He is about to publish a historical novel which will be available in Argentina.

Vivian Lofiego is a Franco-Argentinian writer and translator. She lives in Buenos Aires. Latest publications: Le Sang des papillons. Ed. JCLattès (novel). La Vie secrète. Os de seiche (poetry). Denis Salas' Albert Camus : la juste révolte. Ed. Jusbaires (translation).

After completing a degree in cinema at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, Adil Fradin moved between the audiovisual world and literature. His writing is mainly inspired by music and film. Currently studying for a master's in creative writing at Paris 8, he also works in a bookshop in the Marais district.

Born in Jaffa, Darya began her career as an actress in her native country while studying filmmaking at the Sam Spiegel School of Cinema in Jerusalem.
In 2014, she moved to Paris, where she continued her acting career, notably under the direction of Wajdi Mouawad at the Théâtre National de la Colline and on tour.
Naturalised as a French citizen in 2022, she then began to cultivate a new talent: that of complaining with legitimacy.
She explored this passion as part of the creative writing master's programme at Paris VIII, from which she graduated in 2024.

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Richard Frailing is an MFA candidate in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Originally from the salt marshes of southeast Virginia, he has worked as an ecologist in the Midwest and on the east coast, and he holds an MFA in poetry from Iowa State University. His work has been awarded an Academy of American Poets Prize and the Roxanne Mueller Essay Award.

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Paul Demougeot is an author and journalist, currently studying for a Masters in Creative Writing at Paris 8 University. He explores different ways of inhabiting a territory, shaping it and putting down roots.

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Aliosha Daniel was born in 2001 in the foothills of Larzac. She is currently doing a Masters in Creative writing at Paris 8 University. She writes theatre as part of her Master's degree.

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Rahma Adjadj is the author of Nous, les transgressives (published by Les Arènes), an autobiographical essay exploring the complex identities of French women of North African descent. Since the publication of her book, a movement of ‘Transgressives’ has sprung up, bringing together women torn between their desire for emancipation and family expectations. Based in Nantes, she is also a freelance journalist for various print media.