Karim Kattan
Born in 1989.
Lives and works in Paris, France.
Karim Kattan is a Palestinian author.
He holds a PhD in comparative literature and writes in French and English.
His collection of short stories Preliminaries for a Future Orchard (Elyzad, 2017) was a finalist for the Boccaccio Prize. The Palace of the Two Hills (Elyzad, 2021), his first novel, was awarded the Francophonie’s Five Continents Prize. L’Éden à l’aube (novel, Elyzad 2024) has been honoured with numerous literary awards, including the Valéry-Larbaud Prize, the International Rotary-Pen Club Prize, the Hors Concours Prize and the Grand Prix du roman métis de la Réunion.