Nolwenn Le Blevennec

Genres: Fiction | Novel | Translation

Nolwenn Le Blevennec is a French journalist and writer. She is editor-in-chief at L’Obs, and lives in Paris. The English-language translation of her first novel, As The Eagle Flies, was published by Peirene in 2023. Friends and Lovers was originally published in French as Les Amies (Gallimard, 2023). It was translated into English by Madeleine Rogers and published by Peirene Press in May 2025. 

 

Nolwenn’s participation in this year’s festival is supported by the Ambassade de France en Irlande / Embassy of France in Ireland. 

 

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