Safae el Khannoussi  (born 1994 in Tangier) came to Amsterdam, where she now lives, at the age of four. She is a writer and she teaches political philosophy. Her work centres on issues including exile, flight and the paradoxical existence of migrants. Her debut novel Oroppa was published in 2024. At the end of 2024, she was named literary talent of the year for 2025 by the newspaper de Volkskrant, while Het Parool chose Oroppa as the best book of 2024. In 2025 the novel won the De Boon Prijs and the Libris Prijs, awarded every year for the best Dutch novel.

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