Английская Википедия:André Lafargue

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person André Lafargue (2 July 1917 – 18 July 2017) was a French journalist and theatre critic.

Early life

André Lafargue was born on 2 July 1917 in Paris.[1][2][3] His father, Jean Lafargue, was the CEO of an electricity and gas company in Nord.[1] His mother, Florence Chamier, was British of Huguenot descent, born in New South Wales.[1]

Lafargue attended Sciences Po in 1942.[1] While he was a student, Lafargue began writing Résistance, a pro-French Resistance newspaper.[3] He was arrested in 1943 and sent to the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp and the Ebensee concentration camp in 1944.[1] He was released by the United States Army in May 1945.[1]

Career

Lafargue began writing for Paris-Matin, later known as Ce matin, le pays, in 1947.[1] A year later, he joined the Parisien libéré, later known as Le Parisien, in 1948.[2][3] In the 1970s, he was the founding contributor of the theatre reviews in the newspaper.[2] Even though he retired in 1987, he still published articles for its cultural pages.[2][3]

Lafargue became a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1974.[1]

Personal life and death

Lafargue was married twice, and he had two children.[3] His second wife, Monique Morisi, was an actress.[1] He died on 18 July 2017.[2][3]

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