Stéphane Hessel
Writer, Film writer
1917 – 2013
Who was Stéphane Hessel?
Stéphane Frédéric Hessel was a diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, French 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 Israeli/Palestinian conflict and protection for the post-WW2 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 American Occupy Wall Street movement and other political movements.
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- Born
- Oct 20, 1917
Berlin - Also known as
- Stéphane Frédéric Hessel
- Parents
- Profession
- Education
- École Normale Supérieure
- University of Paris
- Died
- Feb 26, 2013
Paris
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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