Jean-Dominique Bauby

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Jean-Dominique Bauby was a French journalist and editor of Elle who, after being left almost completely paralyzed by locked-in syndrome, authored the memoir "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking his left eye.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf editor
human
journalist
memoirist
writer
causeOfDeath pneumonia
causeOfDisability stroke
communicationMethod spelling code based on letter frequency in French
countryOfBirth France
countryOfCitizenship France
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1952-04-23
dateOfDeath 1997-03-09
employer Elle NERFINISHED
eyeUsedForCommunication left eye
familyName Bauby NERFINISHED
fullName Jean-Dominique Bauby NERFINISHED
genre autobiography
memoir
givenName Jean-Dominique NERFINISHED
hasAdaptation The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film) NERFINISHED
hasChild Céleste Bauby NERFINISHED
Théophile Bauby NERFINISHED
inspiredWork The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film) NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName French
medicalCondition locked-in syndrome
methodOfWriting blinking his left eye
movement French literature
notableEvent massive stroke in 1995 leading to locked-in syndrome
notableFor writing a memoir while almost completely paralyzed
notableWork Le Scaphandre et le Papillon NERFINISHED
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly NERFINISHED
occupation editor
journalist
writer
originalLanguageOfWork French
placeOfBirth Paris
placeOfDeath Garches NERFINISHED
positionHeld editor-in-chief of Elle
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1997
publisherOfNotableWork Éditions Robert Laffont NERFINISHED
residence Paris
sexOrGender male
subjectOf The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film) NERFINISHED
workSubject his experience with locked-in syndrome
workTranslatedInto English
multiple languages

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