Edith Canat de Chizy is a French composer. She was born in Lyon, and studied art, archeology and philosophy at the Sorbonne University and then music at the Paris Conservatoire with Maurice Ohana and Ivo Malec. She continued her studies in electroacoustics at the Conservatoire and with the Groupe de Recherches Musicales. After completing her studies, de Chizy worked as a music educator, becoming the director of the Eric Satie conservatory in Paris till 2006 when she joined the Regional Conservatory of Paris where she teaches instrumental composition. She was elected a member of the Academy des Beaux-Arts of Paris in 2005. 

March 26th, 1950 in Lyon (Age 74)