Writing
Claire Etcherelli
Born — Died
1931-01-11 — 2023-03-05
Place of birth
Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
Known for
Writing
Credits
2 titles
Claire Etcherelli, born January 11, 1931 in Bordeaux (Gironde) and died March 5, 2023 in Paris 13th, is a French writer. She was the recipient of the Femina Prize in 1967 for her first novel, “Élise or real life”. Claire Etcherelli was born in Bordeaux on January 11, 1931. Her docker father, who was drafted, was then detained in a prison camp. She then went to live with her grandfather in the Basque Country. She became an orphan at the age of 11. Having become a ward of the Nation, and therefore a scholarship holder, she entered a chic Catholic boarding school in Bordeaux, where she said she was uncomfortable because of the difference in social classes. To stand out, she refuses to take her…
Known for
6.2In the middle of the Algerian war, Elise, from Bordeaux, “goes” to Paris to join her brother to earn her living in an automobile factory. There she meets Arezki, an Algerian nationalist activist with whom she falls in love. A chronicle of working life at the time and which highlights the extent of police repression against Algerians.
Elise, or Real Life
1970
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Benny Lévy, la révolution impossible
2008