Alix Cléo Roubaud

• Name — Alix Cléo Roubaud • Birth Name — Alix Cléo Blanchette • Born — 19 January 1952 • Birthplace — Mexico City, Mexico • Died — 28 January 1983 • Place of death — Paris, France • Education — * University of Ottawa • Paris 8 University • Field — Photography

Alix Cléo Blanchette was born in Mexico, January 19, 1952. She was the daughter of Arthur Edward Blanchette, a diplomat, and Marcelle Montreuil, an artist. She studied architecture and psychology at the University of Ottawa. In 1972, she moved to Aix-en-Provence, France, where she pursued studies in philosophy. The move to France was also intended to help with her asthma. She began studies at Paris 8 University in 1975. In 1978, she began visiting the spa town of La Bourboule each year to aid her health. In 1979, she abandoned her studies to concentrate on her photography. In 1980, she married Jacques Roubaud, a French poet and academic. Jean Eustache produced the 1980 film Les Photos d'Alix based on her photographs.

The authorities additionally record the headings Alix Cleo Roubaud and Alix Cléo Roubaud. Her recorded language was French. She was the child of Arthur Edward Blanchette.