Jean-Dominique Bauby

Who was Jean-Dominique Bauby?

Jean-Dominique Bauby (April 23 1952 March 9, 1997) was a well-known French journalist and author and editor of the magazine ELLE. On December 8, 1995 at the age of 43, Bauby suffered a stroke. When he woke up twenty days later, he found he was almost entirely speechless; he could only move his mouth a little, grunt, and blink his left eyelid. This rare condition is called Locked-in Syndrome. Despite his condition, he authored the book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by blinking when the