Wilfried N'Sondé

Wilfried N’Sondé is a writer, playwright, and musician. He was born in 1968 in Brazzaville and grew up in the Paris suburbs after his family moved to France in 1973. After studying political science, he moved to Berlin, where he worked as a social worker.

In 2007, he published Le Cœur des enfants léopards (The Heart of the Leopard Children), his first novel, which won several literary awards. Among his major works are Un océan, deux mers, trois continents (One Ocean, Two Seas, Three Continents) (2018); Femme du ciel et des tempêtes (Woman of the Sky and Storms) (2021), winner of twelve literary awards; and Héliosphéra, fille des abysses (Héliosphéra, Daughter of the Abyss) (2022), all socially conscious narratives exploring identity, otherness, and the preservation of life.

His writing, both profound and humanistic, has established him as a major figure in contemporary literature.