Michèle Fitoussi

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

2018

Early life

Fitoussi was born in Tunis, Tunisia.

Career

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]

Works

• Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (by Malika Oufkir)
• 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

Attention - non of the links below return acceptable results.

1. 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.
2. Sciolino, Elaine (13 April 2005). "The Continental Dream: Will the French Shatter It?". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
3. Stolen Lives: Twenty years in a Desert Jail - Michele Fitoussi, Malika Oufkir, Ciao UK, retrieved 20 November 2012
4. Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail profile at Barnes & Noble
5. Slyomovics, Susan, "Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail", Boston Review, retrieved 20 November 2012
6. "Thomas Gilou". toutlecine.com. Retrieved 20 November 2012.