Personal prose feels like confession—but it almost never is. It's a place where loved ones can recognize themselves in the text…
Where is the line drawn between life and literature? Does an author have the right to their own version of shared experience? And why, in times of war, does every personal statement become political, exacerbating differences even within families?
Introduction: Anna Sandermoen, Publisher
Olga Solongo (Olga Nikitina-den Besten) (France) is a European writer and researcher from Ulan-Ude with an interdisciplinary background in psychology, sociology, and journalism. She has published in Russia and leading media outlets in France, Germany, and the UK. She teaches at European universities and writes prose at the intersection of the personal and the political. She is also a fiction writer and co-author of a book about Russian anti-war activists, published in Paris in French.