Josette Elayi | |
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 Elayi in 2014 | |
| Born | 29 March 1943 |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | Josette Elayi-Escaich |
| Occupation | Antiquity historian |
| Known for | Phoenician studies |
| Spouse | Alain Elayi |
| Awards | Knight of the Legion d'honneur |
Josette Elayi-Escaich (French pronunciation: [ʒoʊzət əlɑːjiː əskɑːʃ]; born 29 March 1943) is a French antiquity historian, Phoenician and Near-Eastern history specialist,[1][2] and honorary scholar at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). Elayi authored numerous archaeology and history works, and literary novels. She is well known to the French public through her novels and for her calls for reform and activism against the CNRS research policy bias. In 2007 Elayi was decorated Knight of the Legion of Honor by the French state.
- ^ Hobeika, Joséphine (2 September 2020). "Faire escale à Beyrouth, rêver de son passé millénaire et magnétique..." [A stopover in Beirut, a magnetic dream of its millenary past...]. L'Orient-Le Jour. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Elayi, Josette [WorldCat Identities]". Retrieved 15 September 2020.