1917–2013
Stéphane Frédéric Hessel (born Stefan Friedrich Kaspar Hessel; 20 October 1917 â 26 February 2013) was a French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, Resistance member and BCRA agent.
Stéphane Frédéric Hessel (born Stefan Friedrich Kaspar Hessel; 20 October 1917 â 26 February 2013) was a French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939. He became an observer of the editing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. In 2011 he was named by Foreign Policy magazine in its list of top global thinkers. In later years his activism focused on economic inequalities, the IsraeliâPalestinian conflict and protection for the postâWorld War II social vision. His short book Time for Outrage! sold 4.5 million copies worldwide. Hessel and his book were linked and cited as an inspiration for the Spanish Indignados, the Arab Spring, the American Occupy Wall Street movement and other political movements.
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Julien Gracq (French: [gÊak]; born Louis Poirier; 27 July 1910 â 22 December 2007) was a French writer.