Born in Lebanon, Dominique Eddé is the author of several novels including Pourquoi il fait si sombre? (Why is it so Dark?) as well as an essay on Jean Genet and a book of interviews with the psychoanalyst André Green. In 1991, she curated and published the photographic project ‘Beirut City Centre’ featuring, in particular, the work of Robert Frank and Joseph Koudelka. She lives in Turkey.
Born in Lebanon, Dominique Eddé is the author of several novels including Pourquoi il fait si sombre? (Why is it so Dark?) as well as an essay on Jean Genet and a book of interviews with the psychoanalyst André Green. In 1991, she curated and published the photographic project ‘Beirut City Centre’ featuring, in particular, the work of Robert Frank and Joseph Koudelka. She lives in Turkey.
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