French author becomes an Urdu novelist after coming to Pakistan
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Frenchman Julien Columeau reading in Urdu at a bookstore in Lahore. PHOTO: AFP
Frenchman Julien Columeau came to Pakistan at the age of 30 as a humanitarian worker – but a knack for languages and love for books have made him one of the country’s most innovative Urdu novelists.
Writing mainly historical fiction with a prose described as vivid and forceful, critics say that Columeau, now 41, has injected fresh life into the literary scene.
His works have featured at the country’s most prominent literature festivals with three novels published and more in the pipeline.
