Paul Nizan
Paul Nizan (7 February 1905 – 23 May 1940, age 35) was a French philosopher and writer.
[edit] Biography
He was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire and studied in Paris where he befriended fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre at the Lycée Henri IV. He became a member of the French Communist Party, and much of his writing reflects his political beliefs, although he resigned from the party upon hearing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1939. He died in the Battle of Dunkirk, fighting against the German army in World War II.
His works include the novels Antoine Bloye (1933), Le Cheval de Troie and La Conspiration (1938) and the essays "Les Chiens de garde" (1932) and "Aden, Arabie" (1931), which introduced him to a new audience when republished in 1960 with a foreword by Sartre.
[edit] See also
- Emmanuel Todd, his grandson
