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Stéphane Hessel

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Also known as Stephane Hessel, Stéphane Frédéric Hessel, Stephane Frederic Hessel

French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor (1917–2013)

Person · Open Library

Born
20 October 1917
Died
26 February 2013
Works
28

Top works

  • Ist es Freude, ist es Schmerz?
  • The path to hope
  • Manifeste Utopia
  • Engagiert Euch!
  • Gerechter Zorn!

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Film & TV

Acting · Berlin, Germany

Known for

  • Les jours heureux — Self2013
  • Walter, retour en résistance — Himself2009
  • Il était une fois... « Jules et Jim » — Self (le vrai fils du vrai Jules)2008
  • Who Killed Walter Benjamin… — Himself2005
  • Der Diplomat — Self1995
  • Kölner Treff — Self1976

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Active from
1917
Active to
2013

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
48
Total plays
217

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Key facts

Born
Stefan Friedrich Kaspar Hessel , ( 1917-10-20 ) 20 October 1917, Berlin , German Empire
Died
26 February 2013 (2013-02-26) (aged 95), Paris, France
Occupations
Diplomat ambassador
Years active
1946–2013
Known for
Human rights advocacy French Resistance member Buchenwald survivor
Notable work
Time for Outrage! ( Indignez-vous ! )
Spouses
Vitia Guetzevich ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 ; died 1985 ) ​ Christiane Hessel-Chabry ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 ) ​
Parents
Franz Hessel (father) Helen Grund Hessel (mother)
Awards
Legion of Honour Ordre du Mérite North–South Prize UNESCO/Bibao Prize

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Encyclopedic overview

Stéphane Frédéric Hessel (born Stefan Friedrich Kaspar Hessel; 20 October 1917 – 26 February 2013) was a French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, 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–World War II 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 Arab Spring, the American Occupy Wall Street movement and other political movements.

Early years

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