Who married Edgar Morin?

Edgar Morin (; French: [ɛdɡaʁ mɔʁɛ̃]; né Nahoum; born 8 July 1921) is a French philosopher and sociologist of the theory of information who has been recognized for his work on complexity and "complex thought" (pensée complexe), and for his scholarly contributions to such diverse fields as media studies, politics, sociology, visual anthropology, ecology, education, and systems biology. He holds two bachelors, one in history and geography and one in law, and never did a Ph.D. Though less well known in the anglophone world due to the limited availability of English translations of his over 60 books, Morin is renowned in the French-speaking world, Europe, and Latin America.

During his academic career, he was primarily associated with the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris.

Johanne Harrelle (January 29, 1930 – August 4, 1994) was a Canadian actress, model, and writer, and the first black woman to rise to prominence in Quebec and Canada's fashion world.

She played a fictionalized version of herself in Claude Jutra's first feature film, À tout prendre (1964). Harrelle, who was romantically involved with Jutra for a time, played the lover and companion to the film's other protagonist, Claude, played by Jutra himself. Her role in the film, as herself, describes the way in which she was perceived as an exotic outsider in French Canada, and people often assumed that she was Haitian, despite having been born in Montreal. These assumptions are played with in the film, as when she performs a song in patois, "Ti-zoizeau."

Johanne was baptized as Joan Harrell. She was raised with her two brothers in an orphanage after their African American father died, and French Canadian mother fell ill when she was only 3 years old. She later became known in the fashion world as Johanne Harrelle. Her first appearance on a fashion runway was at Montreal's upscale Ritz Carlton Hotel in the 1950s, when black models were unheard of, in Canada.

Harrelle, who was married twice, lived for 15 years with her second husband, the renowned Parisian sociologist Edgar Morin. She had two sons, Val Harrelle and Alain Cadieux. Late in life she returned to acting, with small supporting roles in the film The Kiss and the television series Marisol and Scoop.

She died from cancer on August 4, 1994.

In 2024, she was the subject of Nadine Valcin's documentary film Simply Johanne (Johanne, tout simplement).

Sabah Abouessalam est une sociologue de l'urbain, née le 13 avril 1959 à Marrakech, au Maroc, marocaine ainsi que naturalisée française le 10 mai 1994. Après avoir été maître de conférences à l’université Paris1-Panthéon-Sorbonne de 1993 à 2006, puis professeure à l'Institut national d'aménagement et d'urbanisme (INAU) en 2006 au Maroc, elle est sociologue au sein de l'Institut des sciences de la communication du CNRS.