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Ari Gautier

Translated short fiction: Quick journeys from mundane situations to the darkness within people

An excerpt from ‘Nocturne Pondicherry’, by Ari Gautier, translated from the French by Roopam Singh.

Ari Gautier
&
Roopam Singh
· Jul 12, 2024 · 05:30 pm
How the Danish sold Tamils into slavery in Scandinavia and the story of one man’s escape to freedom

In the 17th century, the Danish set up a trading post in the village of Tranquebar on Tamil Nadu’s Coromandel Coast and supplied servants to aristocrats.

Ari Gautier
· Dec 25, 2022 · 11:30 am
Writing Pondicherry: Writers Ari Gautier and Ananya Jahanara Kabir in conversation

Gautier talks about his novel Le thinnai / The Thinnai and story collection Nocturne Pondichéry to Kabir, who is an academic.

Ari Gautier
&
Ananya Jahanara Kabir
· Oct 16, 2021 · 12:30 pm