Brigitte Smadja Explained

Brigitte Smadja
Birth Date:12 May 1955
Birth Place:Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Author

Brigitte Smadja (12 May 1955 – 15 February 2023) was a Tunisian-born French author.[1]

Biography

Born in Tunis in 1955 to a Jewish family,[2] Smadja was eight years old when her family left for France, settling first in Sarcelles and next in Goutte d'Or.[3] As a child, she dreamed of becoming an airline pilot, but instead pursued literary studies at the . She subsequently became a French teacher in a secondary school, a profession she continued alongside her writing career.[3] She also taught French at the Duperré School of Applied Arts.

Smadja's novels mainly discussed love, friendship, justice, differences, racism, and others.[4] Occasionally, her novels had autobiographical elements, as seen in Quand papa était mort and Ne touchez pas aux idoles. She wrote around thirty novels for and Actes Sud.[5] For her works, she received numerous prizes, such as the Prix de l'Été du livre in Metz and the Meilleur livre pour la jeunesse of Haute-Loire.[5]

Smadja died in Paris on 15 February 2023.[6]

Works

Youth novels

Collaboration

Youth series

Adult novels

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: 19 February 2023. Mort Brigitte Smadja : le Théâtre à L’école des loisirs, et bien plus encore. French. ActuaLitté. 19 February 2023.
  2. https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2023/02/21/mort-de-brigitte-smadja-romanciere-et-editrice-jeunesse_6162748_3260.html
  3. News: 18 September 2003. Brigitte Smadja à la place de l'enfant. French. Le Monde. 19 February 2023.
  4. News: September 1997. La différence chez Brigitte Smadja . French. lecture.org. 19 February 2023.
  5. Web site: Brigitte Smadja. Le Figaro. French.
  6. News: Carreira. Elodie. 17 February 2023. Décès de l’autrice et éditrice Brigitte Smadja. French. Livres Hebdo. 19 February 2023.
  7. News: Noiville. Florence. 25 October 1996. Des sorcières aux démons de l'adolescence. French. Le Monde. 19 February 2023.
  8. News: 30 November 2003. Il faut sauver Saïd, de Brigitte Smadja. French. L'Express. 19 February 2023.
  9. News: Michalon. Maya. 26 May 2015. La série des " Pozzis ", de Brigitte Smadja, illustrée par Alan Mets. Un monde où tout est pozzible…. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315195215/http://www.ecoledeslettres.fr/actualites/litteratures/litterature-de-jeunesse-litteratures/les-pozzis-de-brigitte-smadja/#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url. 15 March 2016. French. L'École des lettres. 19 February 2023.
  10. News: Noiville. Florence. 20 February 1998. Amitié trop exclusive. French. Le Monde. 19 February 2023.
  11. Web site: IBBY Honour List (1998). International Board on Books for Young People.
  12. Web site: Prix Sorcières. Ricochet. French.