
Priya Hein
@priyahein
Debut novel RIAMBEL @PressIndigoThe & @EditionsGlobe. Agent @PontasAgency. Winner Jean-Fanchette Prize, Winner Athena Prize. TEDx Speaker. @uiiwp Fellow
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This week I write about how Han Kang faced down the Korean establishment The Nobel Prize The Booker Prizes prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/69393/…



TAMARIN by Priya Hein will be published by The Indigo Press in September. Priya Hein returns with her poetic prose to explore as only she can Mauritius' colonial history, the migrant experience, patriarchy, sexual abuse, mental health & what it means to belong.


Today is #1DayForIowa, University of Iowa's annual online giving day and celebration, and the IWP needs your help! Our recent loss of State Department funding makes every donation especially important. You can donate at 1dayforiowa.org/IWP-25!




brittlepaper.com/2025/04/maurit…. ‘This forthcoming release has already generated buzz in the literary world.’ BRITTLE PAPER The Indigo Press International Writing Program 🙏🏽

Mauritian author @priyahein returns with TAMARIN—out from The Indigo Press Sept 25! Set against the lush beauty and brutal history of Mauritius, this novel explores heartbreak, homecoming, and healing with lyrical power. Pre-order here: brittlepaper.com/2025/04/maurit…

The 2025 Ondaatje Prize longlist is out from Royal Society of Literature, and four brilliant African authors made the cut! Congrats to Irenosen Okojie, Maud Blair, Sulaiman Addonia, and Caleb! A range of voices reshaping how we imagine place 👏 brittlepaper.com/2025/04/four-a…


We conclude our look back at 30 years of Dublin Literary Award Winners with last year's winner Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu (translated from the original Romanian by Sean Cotter). 📚✨ 🧵 1/4 Dublin City Libraries @deepvellum



We were delighted that this year’s The Booker Prizes was awarded to Banu Mushtaq and the translator Deepa Bhasthi for Heart Lamp. We’re thrilled to have featured “Red Lungi” in a recent issue, and to celebrate, we’ve unlocked it from the archive. buff.ly/33XtkQk

My forthcoming novel Tamarin is featured in The National Geographic Traveller with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Elif Shafak, Masashi Matsuie, Sarah Moss and Christian Kracht! National Geographic Nat Geo Travel
