Henri Barbusse

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Henri Barbusse was a French novelist and committed pacifist best known for his harrowing World War I novel "Le Feu" ("Under Fire"), which offered a stark, realistic portrayal of trench warfare.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-war writer
human
journalist
novelist
pacifist
awardReceived Prix Goncourt
awardReceivedForWork Le Feu
causeOfDeath pneumonia
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1873-05-17
dateOfDeath 1935-08-30
familyName Barbusse
founded Clarté movement
genre political fiction
realist fiction
war novel
givenName Henri
languageOfWorkOrName French
militaryBranch French Army
movement communism
pacifism
socialism
name Henri Barbusse
nationality French
notableFor anti-war activism
realistic depiction of trench warfare
support for the Soviet Union
notableWork Clarté
Le Feu
L’Enfer
Under Fire
occupation editor
journalist
novelist
placeOfBirth Asnières-sur-Seine NERFINISHED
France
Hauts-de-Seine
Île-de-France
placeOfDeath Moscow
Soviet Union
politicalAlignment communist
left-wing
positionHeld member of the French Communist Party
sexOrGender male
spouse Hélène Brion
subjectOf biographical studies on World War I writers

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