French reporter and writer Prune Antoine resides as a freelance author in Berlin. Her work has been published in Le Nouvel Observateur, Médiapart, Reportagen, Die Zeit, Geo, Vice, and The Guardian; she has worked for Arte and France Télévisions. Prune Antoine's work has been nominated for / awarded the European Press Prize, the True Story Award, the German-French Journalist Prize, the Prix Louise Weiss, and the Prix Philippe Chaffanjon. Her novel "L’Heure d’été" (Anne Carrière, Paris, 2019; reissued by Poche Points, 2020) was a finalist for the Prix Goncourt du premier roman. As an investigative journalist and author, Prune Antoine has delved into topics such as the remilitarization of Kaliningrad, the rhetoric of a New Cold War in Europe, the (lack of) international prosecution of mass rapes in the Bosnian War, and the ecological consequences of military conflicts. During her residency at the Institute, she is working on a book about sexualized violence in times of war.
