Suicide of Gabrielle Russier

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Gabrielle Russier was a French literature teacher. She was prosecuted in 1968 for having an affair with her student Christian Rossi, which caused her to die by suicide on September 1 of the same year. [1] [2] [3]

Her suicide inspired the 1971 French movie Mourir d'aimer , directed by André Cayatte, and the book The Affair of Gabrielle Russier, also published in '71. [4] [5] At the time of her prosecution, Russier was a divorced mother of two children. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Reader, Keith (2005). "The Policing of Desire in the Gabrielle Russier Affair". French Cultural Studies. 16 (1): 5–20. doi:10.1177/0957155805049563. ISSN   0957-1558.
  2. ↑ Geais, Pierrick (2021-03-01). "Mourir d'aimer : La véritable histoire de Gabrielle Russier et Christian Rossi". Vanity Fair (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  3. ↑ Bouchoux, Corinne (1992). "L'Affaire Gabrielle Russier". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire (33): 56–64. doi:10.2307/3770094. ISSN   0294-1759.
  4. ↑ ""Mourir d'aimer" : du fait divers au film, la tragédie sèche d'André Cayatte". www.telerama.fr (in French). 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  5. ↑ Gallant, Mavis (1971-06-19). "The Case of Gabrielle Russier". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  6. ↑ Broyard, Anatole (1971-12-01). "A Truly French Tragicomedy". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-07-24.


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