Dominique Aubier, née Marie-Louise Labiste, (7 May 1922 – 2 December 2014) was a French author.

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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.

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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

  1. ^ 140 photographie by Brassaï, presentation Henry de Montherlant, published by Thames and Hudson, London 1955
  2. ^ text Dominique Aubier, photographs by Inge Morath, Magnum, published by NEW YORK: UNIVERSE BOOKS, 1956
  3. ^ Is There a Hidden Jewish Meaning in Don Quixote?
  4. ^ "Jean Canavaggio". www.fayard.fr (in French). 2023-01-01. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  5. ^ "Review of Jean Canavaggio's Cervantes, by Daniel Eisenberg". www.h-net.org. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  6. ^ Don Quichotte, du livre au mythe, quatre siècles d'errance, p. 223.

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