Alix Cléo Roubaud

Alix Cléo Roubaud (January 19, 1952 – January 28, 1983) was a Canadian photographer and writer who lived in France after 1972.

Alix Cléo Roubaud
Born	Alix Cléo Blanchette January 19, 1952 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	January 28, 1983 (aged 31) Paris, France
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Ottawa Paris 8 University
Known for	Photography
Spouse(s)	Jacques Roubaud ​ (m. 1980)​

Biography

Alix Cléo Blanchette was born in Mexico, January 19, 1952. She was the daughter of Arthur Edward Blanchette, a diplomat, and Marcelle Montreuil, an artist. She studied architecture and psychology at the University of Ottawa. In 1972, she moved to Aix-en-Provence, France, where she pursued studies in philosophy. The move to France was also intended to help with her asthma. She began studies at Paris 8 University in 1975. In 1978, she began visiting the spa town of La Bourboule each year to aid her health. In 1979, she abandoned her studies to concentrate on her photography.[1][2]

In 1980, she married Jacques Roubaud, a French poet and academic.[2]

Jean Eustache produced the 1980 film Les Photos d'Alix based on her photographs.[3]

Death and legacy

Roubaud died in Paris of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 31.[1][3]

She had maintained a personal journal over her career and, in 1984, her husband decided to publish it.[2]

In 2014, the Bibliothèque nationale de France presented a retrospective of her work, Quinze minutes la nuit au rythme de la respiration.[4]

References

1. "Création d'un fonds photographique Alix Cléo Roubaud à l'IMEC" (in French). Institut Mémoires de l’édition contemporaine. June 25, 2014.
2. "Quinze minutes la nuit au rythme de la respiration" (PDF) (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France.
3. "Journal: Alix Cléo Roubaud" (in French). Editions du Seuil.
4. "Dans son journal intime, Alix Cléo Roubaud chasse ses fantômes". Telerama (in French). November 22, 2014.