Author

Books by Jean-Dominique Bauby

Jean-Dominique Bauby was born in Paris in 1952. He had a long career in French journalism, eventually becoming editor-in-chief of Elle magazine in France. In December 1995, at the age of 43, he suffered a massive stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome — full cognitive function with almost total physical paralysis. He spent the following ten months dictating The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by blinking his left eye. The book was published on March 7, 1997. Bauby died on March 9, 1997. A film adaptation directed by Julian Schnabel was released in 2007.