Hélène Frappat

Hélène Frappat (2 September 1969 in Paris) is a French writer, translator and critic of cinema.

Biography A former student of the École Normale Supérieure (class 1989), she holds an agrégation of philosophy and a ph.d in letters. She is the author of numerous translations, including The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, Études sur la personnalité autoritaire by Theodor W. Adorno, Amitié by Samson Raphaelson). On France Culture, she produced the monthly cinema magazine "Rien à voir", from 2004 to 2009, as well as numerous documentaries.

She is the author of nine novels published by Éditions Allia and Actes Sud. She has been translating the novels of Ann Patchett as well as Laura Lippman’s since 2019.

In 2016, she participated in the Assises Internationales du Roman in Lyon.

Her last novel, Trois femmes disparaissent, is based upon the lives of Tippi Hedren, her daughter Melanie Griffith and her granddaughter Dakota Johnson. The novel has met critical acclaim and is currently being adapted by the IRCAM.