Guy Sajer | |
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| Born | 13 January 1927 Paris, France |
| Died | 11 January 2022 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | Guy Mouminoux, Dimitri Lahache |
| Occupation(s) | writer, comic book artist |
| Known for | Wrote novel based on his experience as a Frenchman conscripted into the German Army, to fight on the Eastern Front |
Guy Mouminoux (13 January 1927 – 11 January 2022), known by the pseudonym Guy Sajer, was a French writer and cartoonist who is best known as the author of the Second World War novel Le Soldat Oublié (1965, translated as The Forgotten Soldier), based on his experience serving in the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front from 1942 to 1945, in the elite Großdeutschland Division. After the war, Mouminoux had a long career as a cartoonist, writing and illustrating under his real name, and also under the pen names Dimitri, and Dimitri Lahache.