Dominique Desanti
Dominique Desanti was a French journalist, novelist, educator and biographer.
The daughter of a Russian immigrant, she was born Dominique Persky in Paris. She served in the French Resistance during the German occupation. She was a member of the French Communist Party from 1943 until 1956. Desanti was a correspondent for L'Humanité in the years following World War II. She also taught university in the United States.
Desanti was married to the philosopher Jean-Toussaint Desanti; he died in 2002.
She died in Paris in 2011.
Selected works
Biographies
Flora Tristan : La Femme révoltée Drieu La Rochelle Sacha Guitry Prix Thérouanne from l'Académie françaiseSonia Delaunay Ce que le siècle m'a dit. Mémoires, autobiographyRobert Desnos: Le roman d'une vie La liberté nous aime encore with Jean-Toussaint DesantiLa Sainte et l'Incroyante Sacha Guitry, itinéraire d'un joueur with Karin MüllerLes Yeux d'Elsa au siècle d'Aragon with Karin MüllerHistory
La colombe vole sans visa Les Socialistes de l’Utopie Prix Thérouanne from l'Académie française- ''Les Staliniens''
Novels
Un métier de chien- ''Les Années passion''