(Saint-Nazaire,1940) taught Classical Literature in France first, then in Beirut, Tunis, Casablanca and Madrid.

(Fez, 1944). He is a writer, painter and teaches philosophy. Winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1987 for his novel The Sacred Night. Tahar Ben Jelloun lives between Paris, Tangier and Marrakesh.

(Paris, 1948). Professor of Modern Literature, is vice president of the Society of Camusian Studies since 2009, and member of the editorial committee of the Présence d’Albert Camus Review.

(Belfort, 1954). With an academic background in history and ethnology, he has been a museum curator since 1982.

(Naples, 1950). Novelist, journalist, poet and translator of Ancient Hebrew and Yiddish. Among the literary awards he has received are the Prix France Culture (1994), the Prix Fémina Étranger for his work Montedidio (2002), the European Prize for Literature (2013) and the European Parliament’s European Book Prize (2016).

Writer, director and producer of documentary films. She is a French and Egyptian national.

(Algiers, 1955). Graphic novelist.

(Rocafort de Vallbona, 1943). Graduated in journalism and in law. He has been awarded the Quim Regàs prize for journalism, and in 2016, he won the Premio Josep Pla, an award celebrating Catalan literature, for his book Aquella porta giratòria. His other publications include La marinada sempre arriba (2014) and El que la terra m’ha donat (2017).

(Granada, 1958). Poet, novelist, essayist, professor of Spanish literature and, since July 2018, director of the Instituto Cervantes. He is a professor at the University of Granada, where he has held various positions, such as head of the Secretariat for University Extension.

(Haifa, 1950). Filmmaker, PhD in architecture (University of Berkeley). His work has been honoured with numerous awards and presented in complete retrospectives all over the world.

(Boulogne-Billancourt, 1951). Journalist specializing in geopolitics, he has also published several works on international relations and has received six journalism awards, among them the Prix Albert Londres and the European Press Prize.

(Dijon, 1983). Curator and exhibition organizers

(Santiago de Chile, 1956). Artist, architect, and filmmaker. He became a Guggenheim Fellow in 1995, a MacArthur Fellow in 2000 and received the Hiroshima Art Prize in 2019.

(Athens, 1941). Essayist, novelist and translator. He won the award for best novel for his 1995 work Le Dicôlon. In 2017, he won the Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises.

(Paris, 1956). PhD in Greek philosophy (Sorbonne University – Paris IV), she has worked under the direction of Pierre Aubenque and carried out research in Greece to study the concept of just measure in Aristotle.

(Montpellier, 1988) is a college philosophy lecturer in Orleans (France).

(Granada, 1985). Law and political sciences graduate; specialist in international relations. She is the author of the novels Los combatientes (winner of the 2012 Premio INJUVE de Narrativa, awarded by the Spanish government’s Institute for Youth); Malas palabras; Terroristas modernos; and Lectura fácil (winner of the 2018 Premio Herralde de Novela, an annual literary prize awarded by Spanish publishing house Anagrama).

Isabel Muñoz (Barcelona, 1951). World-renowned photographer. She is known for platinum development techniques and extra-large formats, which she uses to strengthen her message of passion for the body as a means of approaching the study of human beings.

(Florence, 1974). Lecturer in philosophy and history.

(Oviedo, 1966). Writer, Hellenist, professor, translator and filmmaker. He counts the title of Ambassador of Hellenism among the major awards he has received in recognition of his oeuvre and his efforts to promote Greek culture.

(Nantes, 1952) has been a journalist since 1976.

(Lorient, 1965). Senior lecturer in French literature at the Université Catholique de l’Ouest in Angers (France) and vice president of the Society of Camusian Studies, she is involved in promoting the work of the writer.

(León, 1975) is a journalist and writer, specializing in international information and human rights.

(Haifa, 1947). Writer, diplomat and translator of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. Ambassador and Permanent Observer of Palestine to UNESCO since 2006.

(Paris, 1963). Multidisciplinary artist. Lives in London and works between Algiers, Paris and London.

(France, 1950). Lecturer in French language and civilization in the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Dokkyo University in Japan, where he emigrated in 1975.

(Baghdad, 1950). Author and activist.