Nicole Lapierre

Nicole Lapierre
In a 2023 interview
Born
Nicole Colombe Lipsztejn

1947 (age 78–79)
Paris, France
OccupationsSociologist, anthropologist, writer
EmployerCNRS

Nicole Lapierre (née Lipsztejn; born 1947) is a French sociologist, anthropologist and writer. She is the emeritus director of research at CNRS. She published her first book, La Femme majeure, in 1973, in collaboration with Edgar Morin and Bernard Paillard. Her later books include Le Silence de la mémoire (1989), Changer de nom (1995), La famille providence (1997), Le Nouvel Esprit de famille (2001), Pensons ailleurs (2004) and Causes communes (2011). She is a winner of the Prix Medicis.

Biography

Nicole Colombe Lipsztejn was born in Paris in 1947. When she was in high school, her father changed the family's name to Lapierre to "protect the children".

References

  1. ↑ "Nicole Lapierre, Biographie Nicole Lapierre, Livres Nicole Lapierre". www.seuil.com. Éditions du Seuil.
  2. ↑ "'Se connaître de nom, c'est se connaître bien peu': de Colombe Lipsztejn à Nicole Lapierre" ["Knowing each other by name is knowing very little about each other": from Colombe Lipsztejn to Nicole Lapierre] (in French). Radio France. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2026.