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Jean-Christophe Rufin

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June 28, 1952 in Bourges, France

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Jean-Christophe Rufin (is a French doctor and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger and one of the founders of Médecins Sans Frontières. He was Ambassador of France in Senegal from 2007 to June 2010.

Rufin was born in Bourges, Cher in 1952. An only child, he was raised by his grandparents, because his father had left the family and his mother worked in Paris. His grandfather, a doctor and member of the French Resistance during World War II, had been imprisoned for two years at Buchenwald.

In 1977, after medical school, Rufin went to Tunisia as a volunteer doctor. He led his first humanitarian mission in Eritrea,where he met Azeb, who became his second wife.

A graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po),...more

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Average rating: 3.57 · 694 ratings · 82 reviews · 21 distinct works

	The Abyssinian 371 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 1997 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Brazil Red 351 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Le Parfum d'Adam 340 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Globalia 361 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Siege of Isfahan by Jean-Christophe Rufin, Willard Wood 370 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	My rating:
	La Salamandre 313 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Katiba 355 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Asmara Et Les Causes Perdues 322 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	léopard sur le garrot: chroniques d'un médecin nomade 389 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Sept Histoires Qui Reviennent De Loin 325 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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“L'amour véritable vient de nous seuls et ne requiert aucun retour.”
― Jean-Christophe Rufin, La Salamandre

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“La liberté, pensait-elle, c'est le choix de ce qui va vous asservir.”
― Jean-Christophe Rufin, La Salamandre

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“No es posible mostrar a una mujer un hombre apuesto que llora sin que se diga 'Desde luego, yo le habría amado mejor”
― Jean-Christophe Rufin, The Siege of Isfahan

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