Michèle Fitoussi (born 24 November 1954) is a French writer. She is of Tunisian-Jewish descent.[1]
Biography
editFitoussi was born in Tunis, Tunisia.
Besides writing fiction and non-fiction, Fitoussi was an editor of French Elle magazine.[2]
She is the co-author, along with Malika Oufkir, of Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail, an exposé of the Moroccan penal system.[3] She first met Malika Oufkir in March 1997 eight months after Malika had arrived in France from Morocco.[4] Stolen Lives was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 2001.[5]
Fitoussi's novel Victor was adapted into a feature film, released in 2009.[6]
Selected works
edit- Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (by Malika Oufkir)
- Fitoussi, Michèle (2020). Janet: roman. Paris. ISBN 9782253257721.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Le ras-le-bol des superwomen
- Le dernier qui part ferme la maison
- Victor
- Un bonheur effroyable
- L'étrangère (by Malika Oufkir)
- Des gens qui s'aiment
- Cinquante centimètres de tissu propre et sec
- Gente que se ama
References
editAttention - non of the links below return acceptable results.
- ^ Constable, Pamela (21 May 2001). "In Morocco, a Family Behind Bars". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ Sciolino, Elaine (13 April 2005). "The Continental Dream: Will the French Shatter It?". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
- ^ Stolen Lives: Twenty years in a Desert Jail - Michele Fitoussi, Malika Oufkir, Ciao UK, retrieved 20 November 2012
- ^ Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail profile at Barnes & Noble
- ^ Slyomovics, Susan, "Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail", Boston Review, retrieved 20 November 2012
- ^ "Thomas Gilou". toutlecine.com. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
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