Matéo Maximoff
1917–1999
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- writer
Matéo Maximoff (French pronunciation: [mateo maksimÉf]; 17 January 1917 â 24 November 1999) was a French writer and Evangelical pastor of Romani ethnicity.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Gurs internment campDates unknown
Biography
Matéo Maximoff (French pronunciation: [mateo maksimÉf]; 17 January 1917 â 24 November 1999) was a French writer and Evangelical pastor of Romani ethnicity. His eleven books have been translated into fourteen languages. Born in Spain, he had parents who had migrated from Russia and France. His family sought shelter in France with relatives during the Spanish Civil War. After the outbreak of World War II, they were arrested as foreign nationals and interned for years, along with many other foreign refugees. He settled in France after the war and made his literary career there.
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