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André Soubiran (1910 -1999)
A man who was attentive to the problems of his century
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André Soubiran spent his youth in Toulouse where he studied medicine. He graduated from the Faculty of Paris. In 1931 he was a Paris hospital intern, and in 1935 he defended his thesis on the famous Arab physician and philosopher Avicenna: "Avicenna, prince of doctors, his life and doctrine." He was mobilized in 1939, serving in the French Campaign in the third regiment of armoured cars as a medical lieutenant. After the Armistice, he settled in the south of France and wrote his war diary "I was a doctor with the tanks." This work earned him the Prix Renaudot in 1943. He also wrote historical studies and a dozen other novels about the medical community. He lived in this house on the banks of the Seine.
... bestselling author
His main success was the saga "The doctors", a psychological description of the medical world with a romantic storyline. These six volumes, published between 1947 and 1975 and translated into 14 languages, had record sales. A film adaptation was made of them. He is also known for "Diary of a woman in white." Published in 1963 and 1964, this work raises the issue of abortion in the 1960s and the place of women in society. The main character, Claude Wild, a gynecologist in a Paris hospital, evokes her job, her doubts and hopes.
