Dominique Aubier
Dominique Aubier, née Marie-Louise Labiste, (7 May 1922 – 2 December 2014) was a French author.
Life
[edit]Born in Cuers, France, she studied in Nizza and served in the French Resistance in 1944. Aubier lived in Spain for 30 years before returning to France.
Career
[edit]Aubier wrote forty books over a fifty-year span, including six novels and two books about Spanish bullfighting, Fiesta in Sevilla[1] and Fiesta in Pamplona.[2] Many of her books had esoteric themes, including a book about Indian Cinema and its symbolism, and several controversial books about Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote alleged cabalistic encoding.[3] Dismissed by Cervantes scholars, Jean Canavaggio (emeritus Professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre, Goncourt Price of the biography for his book "Cervantès"),[4] one of the greatest experts on Cervantes,[5] considered it a hoax.[6]
Films about Dominique Aubier
[edit]- After the Storm.Directed by Joële van Effenterre English subtitle. The meaning of a cataclysm.90 mn, 35 mm, production Mallia - film/ Les Documents Cinématographique/ Centre National du Cinéma. vidéo.
- The Secret of Don Quijote. El Secreto de Don Quijote. English subtitle. Spain. 2005. 52 min. Colour. Documental. DV CAM. Direction, Photography and Editing: Raúl Fernández Rincón. Production: LUCA FILMS S.L. / Producer: Raúl Fernández and Alberto Martínez.
References
[edit]- ^ 140 photographie by Brassaï, presentation Henry de Montherlant, published by Thames and Hudson, London 1955
- ^ text Dominique Aubier, photographs by Inge Morath, Magnum, published by NEW YORK: UNIVERSE BOOKS, 1956
- ^ Is There a Hidden Jewish Meaning in Don Quixote?
- ^ "Jean Canavaggio". www.fayard.fr (in French). 2023-01-01. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "Review of Jean Canavaggio's Cervantes, by Daniel Eisenberg". www.h-net.org. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ Don Quichotte, du livre au mythe, quatre siècles d'errance, p. 223.
External links
[edit]- Official Homepage
- "Storm in a skull" : Tempête sous un crâne - Libération Culture
