Elsa Cayat
Elsa Cayat | |
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| Born | 9 March 1960 Sfax, Tunisia |
| Died | 7 January 2015 (aged 54) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Homicide by shooting |
| Resting place | Jewish section of Montparnasse cemetery |
| Occupations | Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, as well as columnist |
| Years active | 1988–2015 |
| Employer | Charlie Hebdo |
| Known for | Her books and columns in Charlie Hebdo related to psychology |
| Notable work | A Man + A Woman = What? Desire and the Whore: The Hidden Stakes of Male Sexuality |
| Partner | Paulus Bolten |
| Children | Hortense (daughter) |
| Relatives | A sister Beatrice, a brother Frederick, and cousins Sophia Bramley and Jacqueline Raoul-Duval |
Elsa Jeanne Cayat (French: [ɛlza kaja]; 9 March 1960 – 7 January 2015) was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst and a columnist for the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France. She was one of 12 victims of the Charlie Hebdo shooting and was killed along with the seven journalists, maintenance worker, one visitor and two police officers. She was the only woman working for Charlie Hebdo to die in the attack. She was one of two Jews killed in the attack, along with Georges Wolinski.