Born in Basel in 1975 to a French mother and a Slovakian father, Pascal Janovjak studied comparative literature and art history in Strasbourg before working in the Middle East. His works include Coléoptères (Beetles), L’Invisible (The Invisible One) and À Toi (To You, co-written with Kim Thuy). He now lives in Rome. In 2020 he received the Swiss Literature Award, the Prix Michel-Dentan and the Prix du public de la RTS.
