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Originally an idealist with strong humanitarian and pacifist beliefs,he gradually became an active social reformer, staunchly opposed to war, fascism and colonialism. In addition to collaborating on numerous journals, initiating the Clarte movement and its review Clarte, he founded Monde, an international.
An associate of Romain Rolland's and editor of Clarté, he attempted to define a "proletarian literature", akin to Proletkult and Socialist realism. Barbusse was an Esperantist, and was honorary president of the first congress of the Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda.
- Novel, short story, poetry, biography, opinion journalism
- Writer, poet, journalist
- French
- 1895–1935
Topics. novel. Collection. opensource. Language. French. Book digitized by Gallica from the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Addeddate. 2024-01-16 09:39:06.
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Résumé. Diverses formes de résistance à la guerre et de rejet de l’ordre capitaliste s’expriment avec force parmi les intellectuels combattants regroupés autour d’Henri Barbusse au sein de la revue Clarté dans l’immédiat après-guerre.
- Alain Cuénot
- 2014
The horror of bloodshed and destruction led Barbusse to an indictment of society as a whole. He became a pacifist, then a militant Communist and a member of international peace organizations. After Clarté (1919; Light, 1919), his literary production acquired a definite political orientation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Henri Barbusse and his Monde (1928-35): Progeny of the Clarté Movement and the Review Clarté Guessler Normand Journal of Contemporary History 1976 11 : 2 , 173-197
In addition to collaborating on numerous journals, initiating the Clarte movement and its review Clarte, he founded Monde, an international weekly newspaper as well as semi-political movement, which he directed from 1928-3 S .1 As early as 1925 Barbusse envisioned the creation of a weekly newspaper which would bring intellectuals together and ...
