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Léon Werth (17 February 1878, Remiremont, Vosges – 13 December 1955, Paris) was a French writer and art critic, a friend of Octave Mirbeau and a close friend and confidant of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Oct 14, 2017 · Léon Werth was a French journalist and novelist who escaped from Nazi Germany in 1940 and wrote a memoir of his experience. His friend Antoine de Saint-Exupéry dedicated his classic The Little Prince to him and was inspired by his story of a boy who drew a sheep.
Léon Werth, né le 16 février 1878 à Remiremont [1] et mort le 13 décembre 1955 à Paris (10 e) [2], est un romancier, essayiste, critique d'art et journaliste français, mais d'autres qualificatifs, cités par son biographe, le définissent d'une manière plus explicite pour comprendre son œuvre : libertaire, antimilitariste, soldat des ...
May 2, 2018 · F rom June 1940 to January 1944, with Nazi forces occupying France, the Jewish novelist Léon Werth — an unclassifiable writer who had published books of art criticism, political essays,...
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Léon Werth (1878-1955) était un journaliste, écrivain et résistant français. Il a rencontré Saint-Exupéry en 1931, lui a dédié Le Petit Prince et lui a sauvé la vie en le cachant au Jura pendant la guerre.
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Léon Werth (Remiremont, 17 de febrero de 1872; París, 13 de diciembre de 1955) fue un novelista, ensayista, poeta, crítico de arte y periodista francés, de ideas anarquistas y antimilitaristas. Saint-Exupéry conoció a Werth en 1931, y pronto se convirtió en su mejor amigo.
This is clearly an homage to Léon Werth, the French Jewish author who was a close friend of Saint-Exupéry’s — and the same “Léon Werth” to whom the author had dedicated the now-classic book,...
