Isabelle Spaak

Isabelle Spaak (born 5 October 1960) is a Belgian writer living in Paris.[1][2]

The daughter of Fernand Spaak and Anna-Maria Farina, she was born in Brussels and grew up there. In July 1981, her mother killed her father and then committed suicide.[3][4] Spaak moved to France later that year, attending Paris West University Nanterre La Défense.[5] She went on to work as a journalist for VSD;[6] later, she was put in charge of the culture pages of Le Parisien Magazine [fr].[2]

She is perhaps best known for two autobiographical novels Ça ne se fait pas (2004), which received the Prix Victor-Rossel,[7] and Pas du tout mon genre (2006).[8] In 2011, she published Militants, a non-fiction work on the French Socialist party. Spaak published a third novel Une allure folle, based on the lives of her mother and grandmother, in 2016.[5]

  1. ^ "Isabelle Spaak, Prix Victor Rossel 2004". Le Soir (in French). December 2, 2004. p. 24.
  2. ^ a b "Isabelle Spaak". C’est du Belge (in French). RTBF.
  3. ^ "Wife shot Spaak then killed herself". The Glasgow Herald. July 21, 1981. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Les cinq finalistes du prix Rossel et ceux du Rossel des jeunes". Le Soir (in French). November 19, 2004. p. 24.
  5. ^ a b "Isabelle Spaak, la mauvaise réputation". JDD (in French). February 7, 2015.
  6. ^ "Isabelle Spaak est une grande sauvage". Le Soir (in French). December 18, 2004. p. 33.
  7. ^ "Ca ne se fait pas" (in French). Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco.
  8. ^ "Adultère, mode d'emploi". Le Carnet et les Instants (in French). Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.