Joseph Andras (1984) made his debut with the successful short novel De nuestros hermanos heridaes, winner of the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, which the author rejected because of his rejection of the institutionalization of writing and the idea of ​​literary competition. The novel was adapted for film in 2022. Anagrama has also published A lo lejos el viento del sur (In the distance, the wind from the south) and Así les hace la guerra (We make war on them). Andras is also the author of the novel Pour vous combattre (Far away, the wind from the south) and the poetic text S’il ne restait qu’un chien (A dog has no rest), published as a book-album jointly with the rapper D’ de Kabal, and the chronicle Kanaky. Sur les traces d’Alphonse Dianou (On the traces of Alphonse Dianou). He writes for media such as L’Humanité, Regards and Lundi matin. He lives in Normandy.