Claude Kayat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Claude Kayat

French writer

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1939

Place of Birth: Sfax, Sfax Governorate, Tunisia

Profession: writer, playwright

Nationality: Sweden, France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Claude Kayat (born 24 July 1939, Sfax, Tunisia) is a Franco-Swedish writer, dramatist and painter. Since 1958, he lives in Stockholm, Sweden, where he completed his studies; He got married, had children, and worked as a teacher of French and English. At the same time, he pursued a career as a novelist in French, a language he has always considered his mother tongue without ever having lived in the country. In his writing Claude Kayat often explores concepts like identity.
He has also written 28 plays in French and Swedish.