Karim Kattan is a Palestinian writer from Bethlehem, born in Jerusalem, based in France. He writes fiction, poetry, and essays, some of which have appeared in The Paris Review, The Dial, The European Review of Books, The Baffler, and others. His first novel, Le Palais des deux collines (The Palace on the Higher Hill), won the 2021 Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie. Eden at Dawn (L’Éden à l’aube) won numerous awards, including the Prix Valery-Larbaud 2025, and was a finalist for the Prix Renaudot.

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