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

Life

Born in

Cuers Cuers () is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It has an aerodrome, Cuers-Pierrefeu Aerodrome, shared with nearby Pierrefeu. It was one of the locations of the 1995 Cuers massa ...

, France, she studied in Nizza and served in the

French Resistance The French Resistance ( ) was a collection of groups that fought the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Nazi occupation and the Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy#France, collaborationist Vic ...

in 1944. Aubier lived in Spain for 30 years before returning to France.

Career

Aubier wrote forty books over a fifty-year span, including six novels and two books about Spanish bullfighting, ''Fiesta in Sevilla'' and ''Fiesta in Pamplona''. Many of her books had esoteric themes, including a book about Indian Cinema and its symbolism, and several controversial books about

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( ; ; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelist ...

Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...

alleged cabalistic encoding. Dismissed by Cervantes scholars,

Jean Canavaggio Jean Canavaggio (23 July 1936 – 21 August 2023) was a French biographer and emeritus professor of Spanish literature at the Paris West University Nanterre La Défense. Biography Born in Paris in 1936, he was a student of the École normale ...

(emeritus Professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre, Goncourt Price of the biography for his book "Cervantès"), one of the greatest experts on Cervantes, considered it a hoax.''Don Quichotte, du livre au mythe, quatre siècles d'errance'', p. 223.

Films about Dominique Aubier

*''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

External links

Official Homepage
* "Storm in a skull"
Tempête sous un crâne - Libération Culture
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aubier, Dominique People from Var (department) 1922 births 20th-century French writers 2014 deaths 20th-century French women writers Don Quixote French Resistance members French expatriates in Spain