Elsa Cayat

Elsa Cayat
Born9 March 1960
Sfax, Tunisia
Died7 January 2015(2015-01-07) (aged 54)
Paris, France
Cause of deathHomicide by shooting
Resting placeJewish section of Montparnasse cemetery
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, as well as columnist
Years active1988–2015
EmployerCharlie Hebdo
Known forHer books and columns in Charlie Hebdo related to psychology
Notable workA Man + A Woman = What?
Desire and the Whore: The Hidden Stakes of Male Sexuality
PartnerPaulus Bolten
ChildrenHortense (daughter)
RelativesA sister Beatrice, a brother Frederick, and cousins Sophia Bramley and Jacqueline Raoul-Duval

Elsa Jeanne Cayat (French: [ɛlza kaja];[1] 9 March 1960 – 7 January 2015)[2] was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and a columnist for the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France. She was one of 12 victims of the Charlie Hebdo shooting and was killed along with the seven journalists, maintenance worker, one visitor and two police officers. She was the only woman working for Charlie Hebdo to die in the attack.[3][4][5] She was one of two Jews killed in the attack, along with Georges Wolinski.[5][6]

  1. ^ Qui sont les victimes de Charlie Hebdo?, BMFTV
  2. ^ http://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20150123/282501477028784/TextView. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "French terror attacks: Victim obituaries". BBC News. 8 January 2015.
  4. ^ Chris Salewicz (12 January 2015). "Doctor Elsa Cayat: Psychoanalyst who wrote for 'Charlie Hebdo' and was". The Independent.
  5. ^ a b "Victim unafraid of retaliation: 'I prefer to die standing'". USA TODAY. 7 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Jewish victim in Charlie Hebdo attack received death threats". The Times of Israel.

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