Ferrandez, Jacques

Jacques Ferrandez was born in Algeria in 1955. In 1987, he began his Notebooks from the Orient, a series of panoramic portraits depicting the history of the French presence in Algeria, for which he was awarded the Historia Prix Special. An indisputable expert on the Algerian question, he adapted Camus short storyThe Guest as a graphic novel before undertaking this new intepretation of The Stranger. His books have been the subject of many exhibitions in France and Algeria.