Jean-Dominique Bauby

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Jean-Dominique Bauby (April 23 1952March 16, 1997) was a well-known French journalist and author and editor of the French fashion magazine "ELLE". [ [http://www.nationalreview.com/europress/boyles200310100902.asp Denis Boyles on EuroPress on National Review Online ] ]

On December 8, 1995 at the age of 43, Bauby suffered a massive stroke. When he woke up twenty days later, he found he was entirely speechless; he could only blink his left eyelid. This rare condition is called Locked-in Syndrome, a condition wherein the mental faculties are intact but the entire body is paralyzed. Bauby lost 60 pounds in the first 20 weeks after his stroke. [ [http://www.chron.com/cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/features/books/97/07/20/bauby.html `Locked-in' quadriplegic shares life] ]

Memoir

Despite his condition, he wrote the book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking when the correct letter was reached by a person slowly reciting the alphabet over and over again. Bauby had to compose and edit the book entirely in his head, and convey it one letter at a time. To make dictation more efficient, Bauby's interlocutor read from a special alphabet which consisted of the letters ordered in accordance with their frequency in the French language. The book was published in France in 1997. Bauby died just ten days later of pneumonia.Thomas, Rebecca. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7230051.stm Diving Bell movie's fly-away success] , "BBC", February 8, 2008. Accessed June 5, 2008.] [http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/06/15/reviews/970615.mallon.html "In the Blink of an Eye"] , by Thomas Mallon, review of "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", "New York Times", June 15, 1997. Retrieved April 8, 2008.] He is buried in a family grave at the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E5D7113CF935A15757C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 Q and A - New York Times ] ]

Film

In 2007, painter-director Julian Schnabel released a film version of "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly". It starred actor Mathieu Amalric as Bauby and won Schnabel the best director prize at Cannes, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Director.

Book

German science fiction author Bernard Werber's novel "L'Ultime Secret" is known to be inspired by Bauby.

References

External links

* [http://www.laescafandraylamariposa.es Web en español de la película La Escafandra y la Mariposa (Spanish)]
* [http://www.thedivingbellandthebutterfly-themovie.com The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Movie website (English)]
* [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?JSESSIONID=WQp7HpLKPKlMZjJTsTZGkTZ01ZGncsZCK903PyJGfWvh3hQyHvp2!1879978971&&rid=10262 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (article in the Hollywood Reporter)]


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