Achache died in Paris on 1 March 2016 at the age of 63. Her death was ruled as
suicide by hanging.
Early life
Achache was born in Paris, France on 31 May 1952.[4] She was the daughter of French writer Monique Lange[5] and of French science historian Jean-Jacques Salomon, who left her mother when Achache was a child.[6] Her mother was born Jewish and later converted to
Catholicism.[7][8] Her maternal grandfather, Robert Lange, was a French journalist and politician.[9][10] American writer
William Faulkner was her godfather.[5] Spanish writer
Juan Goytisolo was her step-father.[5][11]
When Achache was a child, she was abused by French writer
Jean Genet,[12] who was a friend of her mother.[11] The abuse led her to drug use and prostitution between Paris and New York in the 1970s.[13][14]
In 2002, Achache published her first novel, L'Indienne de Cortés (English: Cortés' Indian Woman), about
La Malinche, a
Nahua woman who accompanied Spanish conquistador
Hernán Cortés throughout his
conquest of the Aztec Empire and later became his mistress.[23]
Her second novel, La plage de Trouville (English: Trouville Beach), was published in 2008 and follows the story of the painting of the same name by Jacques Mauny, which belonged to Achache's family and was stolen by the
Nazis around 1943.[24][25]
In 2011, Achache published Fille de (English: Daughter of), about her relationship with her mother.[26]
Achache also published two photography books, Chantiers en cours (English: Work in Progress) in 2004,[27] and Des fleurs (English: Flowers) in 2006.[27]
Personal life
Achache was married to French director and screenwriter
Jean Achache, with whom she had a daughter,
Mona Achache, born on 18 March 1981.[28][29]
Death
Achache died in Paris on 1 March 2016 at the age of 63.[3] Her death was ruled as
suicide by hanging.[30]
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"Little Girl Blue de Mona Achache". Ciné-club de Caen (in French).
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