"In his desire to escape the petty bourgeois existence of his parents, René Stoute (1950-2000) began to use opium and later heroin. He paid for it with money he obtained by breaking in and forging checks. In prison, he discovered himself as a writer.
In 1982 she published "On the Back of Dirty Swans", the iconic collection of stories about the junkie existence that won the Golden Donkey's Ear as the best-selling debut. Unfortunately, she didn't just struggle with drug addiction. Since her earliest childhood, she felt that deep down she was a woman. It wasn't until she turned 40 that she dared to perform a sex-changing operation that she hoped would make her happy."
