Yvonne Baby
Yvonne Baby | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 August 1931 |
| Died | 3 August 2022 (aged 90) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, novelist |
Yvonne Baby (18 August 1931 – 3 August 2022) was a French journalist, novelist, and critic.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Yvonne was the daughter of historian and political activist Jean Baby and Ruta Assia, and the stepdaughter of writer and film historian Georges Sadoul.[2]
A journalist and writer, Baby directed the cultural service of the newspaper Le Monde from 1970 to 1985, after which she became a film critic.[3] In 1975, she traveled to Copenhagen to interview Paul Pavlowitch on the mystery of Émile Ajar. She was vice-president of the jury of the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.
Yvonne Baby died on 3 August 2022, at the age of 90.[1]
Works
[edit]- Oui l'espoir (1967)
- Le Jour et la Nuit (1974)
- Kilroy (1980)
- La Vie retrouvée (1992)
- Ma mère et le ciel très vite (1998)
- Gris paradis (2003)
- La Femme du mur (2004)
- Quinze hommes splendides (2008)[4]
- Le Troisième Ciel (2010)
- À l'encre bleu nuit (2014)
- Nirvanah (2016)
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Lindon, Mathieu (3 August 2022). "Mort de la journaliste Yvonne Baby, figure du monde culturel". Libération (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Lettre du 12 mars 1948 à sa Mère". Histoire de la famille Sadoul (in French).
- ^ Baby, Yvonne (1929–....) (in French).
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Ces hommes splendides". Le blog de Serge Toubiana (in French). Archived from the original on 17 November 2008.
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