André Lafargue
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André Lafargue | |
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 André Lafargue in 2012 | |
| Born | Jean André Lafargue 2 July 1917 |
| Died | 18 July 2017 (aged 100) |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse(s) | ; his death |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Parent(s) | Jean Lafargue Florence Chamier |
André Lafargue (2 July 1917 – 18 July 2017) was a French journalist and theatre critic.
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]
