Fatima Daas

Fatima Daas (born 1995) is a French writer. Her debut novel, The Last One (French: La Petite Dernière), follows the life of a young Muslim woman as she explores her sexuality, religion, and relationships while living in Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb of Paris.

Biography

Daas was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye to an Algerian immigrant family. Her family settled in the working-class Parisian suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois and she spent much of her childhood in the surrounding department of Seine-Saint-Denis. Daas and her family are Muslims. Daas is a lesbian and describes herself as an intersectional feminist. As a part of her coursework, Daas wrote a novel over a period of 18 months that ultimately became The Last One. Daas describes the novel as a work of autofiction as the life of the main character, who is also named Fatima Daas, parallels Daas' own. Winner of the Les Inrocks prize for best first novel in 2020 Bustle: Best Book of the Month Library Journal: Best Debut Novel of the Season Lambda Literary: Most Anticipated Book of the Month PEN Translation Prize Finalist