Pierre Drieu La Rochelle

Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
Drieu La Rochelle in 1930
Drieu La Rochelle in 1930
BornPierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle
(1893-01-03)3 January 1893
Paris, France
Died15 March 1945(1945-03-15) (aged 52)
Paris, France
OccupationNovelist, short stories writer, political essays writer
LanguageFrench
Notable works

Pierre Eugène Drieu La Rochelle (French: [dʁjø la ʁɔʃɛl]; 3 January 1893 – 15 March 1945) was a French writer of novels, short stories, and political essays. He was born, lived and died in Paris. Drieu La Rochelle became a proponent of French fascism in the 1930s, and was a well-known collaborationist during the German occupation.[1][2] He is best known for his books Le Feu Follet and Gilles.

  1. ^ Turismo (2021-12-16). "Presentarán el libro de María Celia Vázquez "Victoria Ocampo, cronista outsider"". Prensa Gobierno de Mendoza (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  2. ^ Mauthner, Martin (2021-07-15). "How Hitler's Paris envoy used French writers to back the Nazis". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-12-16.