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The Rebellious Artistry of Albertine Sarrazin
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Dubbed the ‘petite saint of maverick writers’ by Patti Smith, we celebrate Albertine Sarrazin, whose life story is as intriguing as the electric prose of her cult novel, Astragal
TextLaura Jordan
If it wasn’t true, one could levy charges of melodrama at Albertine Sarrazin’s life story; certainly, when it comes to author biographies, it’s hard to think of many that are more compelling.
Born, and quickly abandoned, in Algeria in 1937, Sarrazin never knew the identity of her mother.
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Named Albertine Damien by social services, she was later baptised Anne-Marie by her adoptive family. Fiercely intelligent and naturally gifted, her childhood was rocked in the cruellest way when she was raped, aged ten, by a member of her stepfather’s family.
Following Sarrazin’s attempts to run away she was enrolled into a miserable girls’ reform school. Eventually she escaped from there, slipping into a shadowy