▁A cted ▁in ▁the ▁French ▁Res istance ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁L ived ▁during ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁in ▁Spain ▁before ▁returning ▁to ▁France . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁A ub ier ▁wrote ▁forty ▁books ▁over ▁a ▁fifty - year ▁span : ▁six ▁nov els ▁published ▁by ▁edition ▁du ▁Se uil , ▁two ▁books ▁about ▁the ▁Spanish ▁b ull f ight , Fi esta ▁in ▁Se villa ▁and ▁F i esta ▁in ▁Pam pl ona . ▁Fur the ▁Most ▁of ▁her ▁books ▁have ▁es oter ic ▁them es , ▁the ▁most ▁recent ▁of ▁them ▁being ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁Indian ▁Cinema ▁and ▁its ▁symbol ism . ▁Since ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁she ▁has ▁written ▁several ▁books ▁about ▁Miguel ▁de ▁C erv antes ' s ▁Don ▁Qu ix ote ▁alleg ed ▁cab al istic ▁encoding . ▁The ▁prof . ▁Ruth ▁Reich el berg ▁( Bar ▁Il an ▁University ) ▁and ▁prof . ▁Pierre ▁Gu en oun ▁( Univers ity ▁Sor bon ne , ▁Spanish ▁Institute , ▁Paris ) ▁appro ve ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁C erv antes ▁could ▁be ▁Jewish ▁origin ▁, ▁not ▁her ▁cab al istic ▁work . ▁Only ▁the ▁prof ▁Mac ▁G aha ▁( P om ona ▁College , ▁California ) ▁supports ▁her ▁cab al istic ▁work ▁but ▁he ▁writes ▁also ▁that ▁" ▁she ▁has ▁been ▁twice ▁nominated ▁for ▁a ▁Nobel ▁Prize " ▁what ▁is ▁wrong . ▁. ▁ ▁So ▁it ' s ▁considered ▁by ▁some ▁as ▁a ▁ho ax ▁ ▁and ▁dismiss ed ▁by ▁C erv antes ▁sch ol