Raphaëlle Red is a Berlin-based writer of fiction and experimental prose. Raphaëlle studied social sciences before transitioning to literature. Her debut novel, ADIKOU (Grasset, 2024 & Rowohlt, 2024) is a coming-of-age roadtrip that explores the complexities of Afrodiasporic heritage within a web of brutal, resistant and tender histories. Recipient of the Prix Premiere, awarded to the author and to the translator Patricia Klobuscizky. Shortlisted for the Prix des Cinq Continents and Prix Ahmadou Kourouma. 

Further writing in French, English and German has appeared in publications including Bella Triste, The Funambulist, L’Humanité, and gal-dem. In addition to her literary work, she has contributed to the academic field, with her research focusing on contemporary literature of the African diaspora. She has been awarded grants and residencies by the Berlin Senat für Kultur, the Maison des Artistes de Lomé, the Niedersachsen Foundation and the Centre National du Cinéma.