Tobie Nathan is (born November 10, 1948) is a French psychologist, professor emeritus of psychology at the
University of Paris-VIII, diplomat, and writer. He is a specialist in the field of
ethnopsychiatry.
Born in Egypt in 1948, his family had to leave Cairo in 1957 following the Egyptian revolution and the expulsion of Jews. They then moved to Italy and finally to France, where he studied and in which he obtained citizenship at the age of 21. In France, he chose to call himself Théophile, and eventually became known as Tobie.
Together with
George Devereux
Georges Devereux (; born György Dobó, ; 13 September 1908 – 28 May 1985) was a Hungarian-French ethnologist and psychoanalyst, often considered the founder of ethnopsychiatry. , he founded the journal ''Ethnopsychiatrica'' in 1978.
He earned a PhD in psychology in 1976 under the supervision of George Devereux, and another PhD in 1983.
His first novel, ''Saraka Bô'', won the ''
Prix Emmanuel Roblès The Prix Emmanuel Roblès, readers's prize of Blois, is a French literary award established in 1990 whose aim is to reward an author of first novel. It is baptized as a tribute to writer Emmanuel Robles.
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'' in 1994. He won the ''
Prix Femina Essai'' in 2012 for his autobiographical essay "Ethno-Roman". His novel ''A Land Like You'' was on the shortlist for the
Goncourt Prize in 2015.
Bibliography
* ''Saraka Bô'' (1994)
* ''A Land Like You'' (2015)
* ''Doctors and Healers'' (2018)
* ''To Sit on Earth: A Memoir'' (2024)
References
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Living people
1948 births
French psychologists
French writers
Paris Nanterre University alumni
Paris Descartes University alumni