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Jean-Christophe Rufin

Born

in Bourges, France

June 28, 1952

Genre

Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger and one of the founders of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without borders). He was Ambassador of France in Senegal from 2007 to June 2010.

Rufin was born in Bourges, Cher in 1952. An only child, he was raised by his grandparents, because his father had left the family and his mother worked in Paris. His grandfather, a doctor and member of the French Resistance during World War II, had been imprisoned for two years at Buchenwald.

In 1977, after medical school, Rufin went to Tunisia as a volunteer doctor. He led his first humanitarian mission in Eritrea,where he met Azeb, who became his second wife.

A graduate of the Institut d'études politi ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 15,768 ratings · 1,590 reviews · 117 distinct works • Similar authors

	Le Collier rouge 3.69 avg rating — 2,162 ratings — published 2014 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rouge Brésil 3.85 avg rating — 1,841 ratings — published 2001 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Abyssinian 3.97 avg rating — 1,404 ratings — published 1997 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Grand Cœur 4.08 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 2012 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Immortelle randonnée : Compostelle malgré moi 3.68 avg rating — 1,058 ratings — published 2013 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Check-point 3.47 avg rating — 1,011 ratings — published 2015 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le suspendu de Conakry (Aurel le Consul #1) 3.58 avg rating — 969 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Globalia by Jean-Christophe Rufin, Javier Calzada (Translator) 3.52 avg rating — 929 ratings — published 2004 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le tour du monde du roi Zibeline 3.72 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 2017 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Parfum d'Adam 3.61 avg rating — 564 ratings — published 2006 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Jean-Christophe Rufin

Les énigmes d'Aurel le Consul (5 books)
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Jean-Christophe Rufin

3.63 avg rating — 2,108 ratings

The Abyssinian (2 books)
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Jean-Christophe Rufin,

Willard Wood (Translator)

3.94 avg rating — 1,774 ratings

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“L'amour véritable vient de nous seuls et ne requiert aucun retour.”
― Jean-Christophe Rufin, La Salamandre

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“Leurs cheveux pouvaient bien grouiller de poux, leurs gencives saigner, leurs ventres crier dans le vide, ils avaient l'éclatante santé des rêveurs.”
― Jean-Christophe Rufin, Brazil Red

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“كان المشهد مروعاً. لقد قتلنا رفاقاً كانوا على وشك الانضمام إلينا. قبل بضع دقائق، كنا نستعد للتآخي، وعند الهجوم، قتلنا منهم كل من ظهر في وجهنا.”
― Jean-Christophe Rufin, Le Collier rouge

tags: الحرب, السلام

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