Christine Jordis

Christine Jordis real name Marie-Christine Morel de Foucaucourt (born 4 January 1942 in Algiers) is a French writer, journalist and editor, a specialist in English literature. Biography The daughter of , a colonel of Cavalry, banker and journalist, and Charlotte Goüin, Marie-Christine Morel de Foucaucourt married Alexander Jordis-Lohausen. A graduate from the Sorbonne and Harvard University, she moved to London to prepare her PhD thesis on black humor in English literature and taught there for several years. On her return to France, she became responsible for English literature at the British Council (1979–1991).