Fabrice Hadjadj
Fabrice Hadjadj (born 1971) is a French writer and philosopher. Hadjadj was born in Nanterre to Jewish parents of Tunisian heritage. In his teens he was an atheist and anarchist, and he maintained a nihilistic attitude for most of his twenties until, in 1998, he converted to Catholicism. His book Réussir sa mort: Anti-méthode pour vivre, won the Grand prix catholique de littérature in 2006. Currently Hadjadj teaches philosophy and literature in Toulon. He is married to the actress Siffreine Michel. They have ten children. In 2014, Hadjadj was nominated as member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Publications Traité de Bouddhisme zen à l'usage du bourgeois d'Occident (under the pseudonym Tetsuo-Marcel Kato), Éditions du PARC, 1998 Et les violents s'en emparent, Éditions Les Provinciales, 1999 A quoi sert de gagner le monde: Une vie de saint François Xavier, Éditions Les Provinciales, 2002; revised edition 2004 (Play) La terre chemin du ciel, Éditions du Cerf, 2002 La salle capitulaire (with Gérard Breuil), Éditions Les Provinciales, 2003 (Monologues to accompany an exhibition by Breuil) Arcabas: Passion Résurrection, Éditions du Cerf, 2004 (Theatrical work to accompany a polyptych by Arcabas) Réussir sa mort: Anti-méthode pour vivre, Presses de la Renaissance, 2005