Isabelle Spaak Explained

Isabelle Spaak (born 5 October 1960) is a Belgian writer living in Paris.^[1]

The daughter of Fernand Spaak and Anna-Maria Farina, she was born in Brussels and grew up there. In July 1981, her mother killed her father and then committed suicide.^{[2] [3]} Spaak moved to France later that year, attending Paris West University Nanterre La Défense.^[4] She went on to work as a journalist for VSD;^[5] later, she was put in charge of the culture pages of .^[6]

She is perhaps best known for two autobiographical novels Ça ne se fait pas (2004), which received the Prix Victor-Rossel,^[7] and Pas du tout mon genre (2006).^[8] In 2011, she published Militants, a non-fiction work on the French Socialist party. Spaak published a third novel Une allure folle, based on the lives of her mother and grandmother, in 2016.^[4]

Publications

• Paris, 1999
• Ça ne se fait pas : roman, 2004
• Pas du tout mon genre : roman, 2006
• Militants, 2011
• Une allure folle : roman, 2016
• Une mère, etc., 2019

Notes and References

1. News: Isabelle Spaak, Prix Victor Rossel 2004 . 24 . December 2, 2004 . Le Soir . fr.
2. News: Wife shot Spaak then killed herself . The Glasgow Herald . July 21, 1981 . 5.
3. News: Les cinq finalistes du prix Rossel et ceux du Rossel des jeunes . Le Soir . November 19, 2004 . 24 . fr.
4. News: Isabelle Spaak, la mauvaise réputation . JDD . February 7, 2015 . fr.
5. News: Isabelle Spaak est une grande sauvage . Le Soir . December 18, 2004 . 33 . fr.
6. Web site: Isabelle Spaak . C’est du Belge . RTBF . fr.
7. Web site: Ca ne se fait pas . Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco . fr.
8. Web site: Adultère, mode d'emploi . Le Carnet et les Instants . Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles . fr.