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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.
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.
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.
Henri Barbusse (Author of Hell) Henri Barbusse’s Followers (158) Born. in Asnières-sur-Seine, France. May 17, 1873. Died. August 30, 1935. Website. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Barbusse. Genre. Literature & Fiction. edit data. Henri Barbusse (1873-1935) was a French novelist and a member of the French Communist Party.
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.
Dec 14, 2017 · Barbusse, Henri. French Writer. Born 17 May 1873 in Asnières, France. Died 30 August 1935 in Moscow, Russia. Fulfilling the archetype of the war writer, Henri Barbusse is the embodiment of pacifist activism. His book Le Feu (1916) paved the way for a new genre, that of literary testimony.
Henri Barbusse was a French author who wrote pacifist and socialist works. In 1933, his writings were burned under the Nazi regime. Learn more.
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