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- Henri Barbusse (born May 17, 1873, Asnières, Fr.—died Aug. 30, 1935, Moscow) was a novelist, author of Le Feu (1916; Under Fire, 1917), a firsthand witness of the life of French soldiers in World War I. Barbusse belongs to an important lineage of French war writers who span the period 1910 to 1939, mingling war memories with moral and political meditations.
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French. Period. 1895–1935. Genre. Novel, short story, poetry, biography, opinion journalism. Notable work. Under Fire. Signature. Henri Barbusse ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi baʁbys]; 17 May 1873 – 30 August 1935) was a French novelist, short story writer, journalist, poet and political activist.
May 13, 2024 · Henri Barbusse was a novelist, author of Le Feu (1916; Under Fire, 1917), a firsthand witness of the life of French soldiers in World War I. Barbusse belongs to an important lineage of French war writers who span the period 1910 to 1939, mingling war memories with moral and political meditations.
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French novelist. Having already earned a reputation with his naturalistic novel L'enfer (1908; Hell, 1966), Henri Barbusse was ensured mass popularity during his lifetime and beyond thanks to his war novel Le feu (1916; Under Fire, 1917), which sold five hundred thousand copies and won the Prix Goncourt in 1916.
May 7, 2024 · Henri Barbusse ( 17 May 1873 – 30 August 1935) was a French novelist, journalist and member of the French Communist Party . Contents. 1 Quotes. 1.1 Under Fire (1916) 1.1.1 Ch. 1 - The Vision. 1.1.2 Ch. 24 - The Dawn. 1.2 The Inferno (1917) 1.2.1 Ch. XIV. 1.2.2 Ch. XV. 1.2.3 Ch. XVI. 1.2.4 Ch. XVII. 1.3 Light (1919) 1.3.1 Ch. VII - A Summary.
Henri Barbusse est un écrivain, homme politique, scénariste et journaliste français, né le 17 mai 1873 à Asnières et mort le 30 août 1935 à Moscou . Il relate sa vie au front pendant la Première Guerre mondiale dans son roman Le Feu qui remporte le prix Goncourt en 1916.
Biography. Born near Paris in 1873, Henri Barbusse is now mainly remembered for his novel Le Feu (Under Fire), a brutally realistic account of life in the trenches at the beginning of World War I. Before that he had been a not very good poet and writer of naturalistic novels, in particular the dull L’Enfer.
Barbusse is considered as one of the important French writers of 1910–1939 who mingled the war memories with moral and political meditations. Henri Barbusse was a French novelist, short story writer, journalist, poet and political activist.
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