About our Guests
Colombe Schneck is a documentary film director, a journalist, and the author of twelve books of fiction and nonfiction. Her works have earned numerous prizes, including her book on Brigitte Bardot, May 1967, which was designated the Summer Novel of 2014 by the jury of the Prix Messardière. A recipient of a Villa Medici scholarship and a Stendhal grant, Schneck was born, raised, and continues to live in Paris.
Lauren Elkin is a writer, essayist and translator. Her notable works include Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art and Flâneuse, which was recognised by The New York Times Book Review and a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award. Her essays on art, literature, and culture have appeared in the London Review of Books, Harper’s, Le Monde, among other publications. An accomplished translator, she has recently translated Simone de Beauvoir’s previously unpublished novel The Inseparables. After two decades in Paris, she now resides in London.
Dr Adina Stroia is currently Lecturer in French Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. An early-career researcher in the field of contemporary Francophone women’s life-writing and visual culture, Dr Stroia’s research focuses on thanatology, queer studies, ageing studies, and the ethics of care. Following the award of her PhD from King’s College London in 2018, Dr Stroia has held posts at UCL, the ILCS, and Newcastle University. Dr Stroia has interviewed several high-profile authors including Leïla Slimani, Camille Laurens, Constance Debré, Manon Garcia, and Djaïli Amadou Amal.
