Priya Hein

Priya Hein is a Mauritian author whose first novel Riambel won the Prix Athéna 2023 and The Jean-Fanchette Prize 2021.She was nominated for the 2017 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, shortlisted for the Prix de l'Atelier Littéraire in 2021 and the Miles Morland Scholarship in 2023, and participated in the 2024 Iowa WP fall residency. Priya lives in Mauritius with her family.