2025 - Estelle-Sarah Bulle
Estelle-Sarah Bulle is a French writer born in 1974.
Three of her novels have so far been published by Liana Levi in France. Her debut Là où les chiens aboient par la queue (Prix Stanislas 2018, Prix Carbet du Tout-Monde et de la Caraïbe 2018, Prix Eugène Dabit, Prix APTOM...) is a portrait of twentieth-century Guadeloupe through the experiences of a strong woman, Antoine. The plot of her second book, Les étoiles les plus filantes, is set in the context of the preparation, shooting and success of the famous film Orfeu Negro at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. The novel follows this creative atmosphere against the backdrop of the Cold War and Brazil's fragile first steps towards democracy. In Basses terres (finalist for the Joseph Kessel-Etonnants Voyageurs prize in 2024), the writer returns to Guadeloupe to delve into tattered memories and traumas.
Estelle-Sarah Bulle also writes short stories, which have appeared in magazines such as AOC, The Passenger, Zadig. For three years, she has been writing a weekly column for the newspaper La Croix and conducting writing workshops for the general public, schools and prisons.
After exploring her Antillean roots on her father's side, Estelle-Sarah Bulle wants to focus on her Franco-Belgian roots on her mother's side. During her residency at Passa Porta, she plans to work on her fourth novel, set before, during and after World War II, on the border between Hainaut and northern France, with forays as far as Brussels.