Penelope Curtis


PENELOPE CURTIS studied art history in London and Paris before embarking on a career as a curator. She has curated many exhibitions about sculpture and sculptors, and also directed Tate Britain and the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. Since leaving Portugal she has focused on writing fiction. After Nora, published by Les Fugitives in 2024, was followed by her second novel, Villa Wintrebert, in 2026.


Photograph © Dominic Lee/Les Fugitives 2023