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René Hardy

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Runē Arudi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1911-10-11 (Mortrée, Orne)
Died
1987-04-12 (Melle, Deux-Sèvres) age 75
Nationality
フランス, French
Languages
French
Residence History
Mortrée, Orne → Melle, Deux-Sèvres

Career

Occupations
Resistance fighter, Novelist
Active Years
1943-1987
Affiliations
Combat (French Resistance)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Amère victoire

1956 War novel

A novel depicting bitter victory.

Adaptations
  • [Film] Bitter Victory / Nicholas Ray (1958)

Bibliography

  • Amère victoire

Legacy

Known as a member of the French Resistance, but lifelong suspicions of treason in the arrest of Jean Moulin and others persisted despite acquittals in trials. Lived in poverty in later years.

In Popular Culture

  • Featured in the documentary Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie.

Trivia

  • Seduced by Lydie Bastien, who worked for the Gestapo, leading to his arrest.
  • Acquitted in two trials for the Jean Moulin arrest but suspicions lingered.
  • In his final years, lived destitute in pajamas in someone's attic.