Denise Morel

Denise Morel (born 10 August 1946) is a French writer and psychiatrist.[1] She was born in Setif, Algeria, the youngest of four children. Between the ages of 8 to 14, she lived in Bône. The family left Algeria in 1961 to live in Marseille. She studied in Aix-en-Provence and Paris, obtaining a PhD in clinical psychology from Université Paris V.

She has written numerous books, among them Setif de ma jeunesse, a well-regarded memoir of growing up in Setif. Her ancestors were of Swiss and Maltese origin. She studied religion for a few years in Lyon.

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