Olivier Rolin
OLIVIER ROLIN was born in Paris in 1947, and spent much of his childhood in Senegal. He is a freelance writer for Libération and Le Nouvel Observateur, and has written numerous essays and travel journals. His three books have all been critically acclaimed and hae won prizes in France: Port Sudan won the Prix Femina in 1994, Paper Tiger won the 2003 Prix France Culture, and The Meteorologist was awarded the Prix Du Style in 2014.

