Femina Prize 2025: Nathacha Appanah: So That Women's Bodies Are No Longer a Punching Bag

A direct stance. More than just a helping hand, a comforting shoulder, or a passionate defense of victims of violence against women. Nathacha Appanah received the Femina Prize for her novel Nuit au cœur on Monday, November 3rd. The book, published by Gallimard, was shortlisted for several prestigious literary awards: the Goncourt, the Académie française prize, the Renaudot, and the Médicis.

On Monday, it was the all-female jury of the Femina Prize that awarded her...