Lisa Appignanesi

Lisa Appignanesi (born Elsbieta Borenztejn on January 4, 1946 in Lodz, Poland) is a television producer and novelist.

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January 4 - 1946 - Lodz - Poland

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Of Jewish extraction, she was raised in Paris, France and in Montreal, Canada. She graduated from McGill University with a B.A. degree in 1966 and her M.A. the following year. During 1970-71 she was a staff writer for the Centre for Community Research in New York City and is a former University of Essex lecturer in European Studies and a Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, UK.

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Jew - Paris, France - Montreal, Canada - McGill University - New York City - University of Essex - Institute of Contemporary Arts - London, UK

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Appignanesi produced several made for television films, penned several novels plus works of non-fiction and is a founding member and editorial director for the Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative.

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In 1990 she began devoting herself to writing full time. In 2000, she was nominated for the Charles Taylor Prize for the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction for Losing the Dead: A Family Memoir. In recognition of her contribution to literature, Lisa Appignanesi has been honoured with a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government.

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Charles Taylor Prize - Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

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Lisa Appignanesi has two children, Josh and Katrina, and lives in London.

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Bibliography: (ficton & non-fiction)

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• Freud's Women (2005)
• Simone De Beauvoir (Life & Times S.) (2005)
• The Memory Man (2004)
• Paris Requiem (2004)
• The Cabaret (2004)
• Sanctuary (2000)
• The Dead of Winter (1999)
• Losing the Dead: A Family Memoir (1999)
• The Things We Do for Love (1997)
• A Good Woman (1996)
• Dreams of Innocence (1994)
• Memory and Desire (1991)
• The Rushdie File (1984)
• New Discovery (1984)
• Hard to Handle (1983)
• One Man Woman (1982)
• Not to be Trusted (1981)
• The Cabaret (1975)