Claire-Ania Virgile (b. 1997) is a PhD candidate in English studies and a photographer of Indo-Martinican origin. Her academic research focuses on the memory of Caribbean women of Indian descent, through the lenses of Comparative Literature, Gender Studies, Postcolonial Theory.

Virgile is the author of the photobook Sacred Vision on Indo-Caribbean and Rastafari communities. In August 2025, she was appointed as Cultural Ambassador of Tamil Nadu by the state government as part of  Reaching Your Roots program. 

Instagram @indianaania

Academic publications:

• Archipélie 19 | 2025. Déracinement-Enracinement : de l’Inde à la Caraïbe. Indian Identity in Martinique: Diasporic Memory, Representations, and Performative Practices

• Synergies Inde n° 11 - 2022 p. 95-105. GERFLINT : Mémoire féminine indienne dans la Caraïbe française par les arts

Photography collaborations:

• Book cover for Patricia Donatien on Chemins de guérison. Les Éditions Baudelaire, Paris 2024.

• Photos catalog Les fleurs du Ya Ax Thé, Quarante ans d’art sous le Fwomajé for Tropiques Atrium Scène nationale 30 septembre - 28 décembre 2024.