Julien Columeau

French-born author Julien Columeau writes fiction in Urdu. He has published 5 books in Urdu: ‘Saaghar’ (2009), ‘Teen novelette’ (2013), ‘Zaahid aur Do Kahaaniyaan’ (2013), ‘Chaurangi’ (2017), as well as ‘Nazar ki umang’ (2020), an Urdu translation of ‘The Eye Still Seeks’, a collection of essays edited by Salima Hashmi on Pakistani contemporary art. His new collection of Urdu novels and short stories titled ‘Derrida haraamdaa’ will be published by Maktaba-e Danyal, Karachi in the beginning of 2022. He holds an MPhil in Islamic Studies from EPHE, Paris and a PHD in History from EHESS, Paris.