Michèle Fitoussi Explained

Michèle Fitoussi (born 24 November 1954) is a French writer. She is of Tunisian-Jewish descent.[1]

Biography

Fitoussi 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 , an exposé of the Moroccan penal system. She first met Malika Oufkir in March 1997 eight months after Malika had arrived in France from Morocco.[3] Stolen Lives was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 2001.

Fitoussi's novel Victor was adapted into a feature film, released in 2009.[4]

Selected works

References

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Notes and References

  1. News: In Morocco, a Family Behind Bars. https://archive.today/20130125162000/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-451599.html?refid=gnews_1108 . dead . 25 January 2013 . . 21 May 2001 . Pamela . Constable . Pamela Constable . 20 November 2012.
  2. News: The Continental Dream: Will the French Shatter It?. Sciolino. Elaine. 13 April 2005 . The New York Times. 22 January 2010.
  3. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Stolen-Lives/Malika-Oufkir/e/9780786886302 Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail profile
  4. Web site: Thomas Gilou . toutlecine.com . 20 November 2012.