Chochana Boukhobza

Chochana Boukhobza (Paris Book Fair 2010)

Chochana Boukhobza ( Hebrew שושנה בוקובזה) (born March 2, 1959 in Sfax , Tunisia ) is a French writer of Sephardic origin.

Life

She left Tunisia with her parents at the age of four and studied mathematics in Israel after graduating from high school . She has lived in Paris since she was 21 . She is the author of several novels. Her debut novel Un été à Jérusalem (English: Summer in Jerusalem ) was awarded the Prix ​​Méditerranée in 1986 . For her second work Le Cri she received the French literary prize Prix ​​Fémina . Chochana Boukhobza has also written some scripts. In 2005 she directed the documentary Un billet aller-retour (German: A return flight ticket ) for Barcelona-Paris Films Productions.

Works (excerpt)

• Un Eté à Jérusalem . Éditions Balland, Paris 1986, ISBN 978-2-7158-0585-9 .
• Le cri . Éditions Balland, Paris 1987, ISBN 978-2-7158-0646-7 .
• Les herbes amères . Éditions Balland, Paris 1989, ISBN 978-2-7158-0753-2 .
• Bel Canto . Editions du Seuil, coll. "Cadre rouge", Paris 1991, ISBN 978-2-02-013524-5 .
• La clef des chants . ill. de Catel, Éditions Épigones, coll. "Myriades môme", Paris 1995, ISBN 978-2-7366-4677-6 .
• Pour l'amour du père . Editions du Seuil, coll. "Cadre rouge", Paris 1998, ISBN 978-2-02-014759-0 .
• Sous les étoiles . Editions du Seuil, coll. "Cadre rouge", Paris 2002, ISBN 978-2-02-031391-9 .
• Quand la bible rêve . ill. de Mireille Vautier, Editions Gallimard, coll. "Giboulées", Paris 2005, ISBN 978-2-07-057060-7 .
• Le Troisième Jour . Editions Denoêl, coll. "Romans français", Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-207-10156-8 .
• Fureur . Editions Denoêl, coll. "Romans français", Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-207-11198-7 .

Web links

• Chochana Boukhobza. JBW interviews

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Josef Zemp: You have to be an architect / Chochana Boukhobza - the Sepharid writer from Sfax in Paris . In: Jüdische Zeitung , No. 8/9 (102/103), August / September 2014, p. 8.