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Inspirational French writer Stephane Hessel dies at 95
Source: BBC
27 February 2013 Last updated at 12:10 GMT
Inspirational French writer Stephane Hessel dies at 95
Stephane Hessel, the former French Resistance fighter whose 2010 manifesto Time for Outrage inspired social protesters, has died aged 95.
Hessel died overnight, his wife Christiane Hessel-Chabry told France's AFP news agency in Paris.
A German by birth, he was imprisoned in Nazi camps during World War II for his activities in France.
In Time for Outrage, he called for a new form of "resistance" to the injustices of the modern world.
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Inspirational French writer Stephane Hessel dies at 95
Stephane Hessel, the former French Resistance fighter whose 2010 manifesto Time for Outrage inspired social protesters, has died aged 95.
Hessel died overnight, his wife Christiane Hessel-Chabry told France's AFP news agency in Paris.
A German by birth, he was imprisoned in Nazi camps during World War II for his activities in France.
In Time for Outrage, he called for a new form of "resistance" to the injustices of the modern world.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21599477
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