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Claude Delay

b. 1934

French writer

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About Claude Delay

Born 1934. Claude Delay is a French screenwriter and psychoanalyst.

Claude Delay (born 22 December 1934) is a psychoanalyst and writer. She is also the author of several biographies of Coco Chanel, the Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva and the brothers Alberto and Diego Giacometti. The granddaughter of the surgeon and politician , she is the daughter of professor Jean Delay and the sister of the novelist Florence Delay of the Académie française.

Biography Hands Claude Delay has published some of her texts under the name of Claude Baillén or Claude Delay-Tubiana, Professor Raoul Tubiana, surgeon of the hand, being her husband.

In the biography written by Claude Delay, Giacometti, Alberto and Diego, l'histoire cachée, Raoul Tubiana intervenes in the last chapter to evoke Alberto Giacometti, whom he met in 1948 thanks to their common friend Jacques Audiberti, Before getting to know Diego. For his part, Claude Delay met Diego later.

On the occasion of the marriage of Raoul Tubiana and Claude Delay in 1972, Diego offered them "a bronze couple holding hands". For his part, Raúl Tubiana possessed a hand carved by Alberto; Diego then carved a hand of Claude Delay. "This is how we have bronze hands of the two brothers," says Raul Tubiana.

Works Novels and memoires Paradis noir, novel, Gallimard Le Hammam, novel, Gallimard, prix Lucien Tisserant Roger la grenouille, portrait-souvenir, Jean-Jacques Pauvert Les ouragans sont lents, novel, Éditions des Femmes Passage des Singes, éditions des Femmes, prix littéraire de Trente Millions d'amis

Biographs 1993: Chanel solitaire, Gallimard; , 2001 1997: Marina Tsvetaïeva, Une ferveur tragique, Plon, prix Anna de Noailles of the Académie française 2007: Giacometti, Alberto et Diego, L'histoire cachée, Fayard 1998: Zao Wou-Ki, Couleurs et mots, collections of interviews with Zao Wou-Ki and several authors, 2013: Marilyn Monroe, la cicatrice, Fayard

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Awards
Prix Cazes; Prix Anna de Noailles; Goncourt des animaux
Also known as
Claude Baillen, Claude Delay-Tubiana, Claude Tubiana

People in Claude Delay's life

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Claude Delay?

French writer

When was Claude Delay born?

Claude Delay was born on 22 December 1934 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

What is Claude Delay's occupation?

Claude Delay is a screenwriter and psychoanalyst.

What nationality is Claude Delay?

Claude Delay is French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Claude Delay

· Wikidata: Q2977262

· DBpedia: Claude Delay

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