Literature without borders

Katerina Autet, from Russia to France via the United States

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The writer Katerina Autet in the studio at RFI (July 2022).

© Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint/RFI

By: Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint

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Born in Russia, Katerina Autet spent her teenage years in the United States.

She chose to come to France, twenty years ago, as part of a university exchange, and never left.

Katerina Autet studied linguistics, history and economics.

After a very noticed first novel "

" twice awarded the Grand Prix des Enquêteurs and the Prix de la Renaissance française in 2020, she has just published her second novel.

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