Chantal Chawaf

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Chantal Chawaf



Chantal Chawaf (born 1943) is a French writer.

She was born in Paris, during the World War II. During her childhood, she studied art at l'École du Louvre and literature. She travelled and lived for some years in Europe, in the Middle East and North America. In 1974, she started publishing at the Editions des Femmes, created in relation to the MLF (Mouvement de Liberation des Femmes) by the leading French feminist Antoinette Fouque. Chawaf’s first text, Retable. la rêverie, started what critics called "Écriture féminine". Books which also belong to this movement are; Cercoeur (1975) and Maternité (1979).

In her books, Chawaf explores the theme of a mother-daughter relationship and attempts to realize the potential of words to free the female u
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Retable, La Rêverie

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Nocturnes: [Trois violences]

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Maternité

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La Vallée incarnate

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Le corps et le verbe: La la...

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Manteau noir (Le): UNE ENFA...

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Infra monde

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Sable noir

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Je suis née

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Chair chaude / L'Ecriture

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