Athar Pavis Non-Member Joined 2012

Poet, novelist of the expatriate experience

Fiction Poetry

Athar C. Pavis is an American writer and poet based in France and the U.S. She has taught at the Sorbonne and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, training public figures, diplomats, and negotiators in public speaking. She leads a peripatetic life between two continents, living both in Maine and in France, and has published in literary magazines in the U.S, Canada, and the U.K. She was named a finalist in the 2023 Canterbury Poetry Festival Poet-of-the-Year competition. Her poetry collection, Pulled Pork in Paris (Kelsay Books, 2023), reflects her experiences as an expatriate.