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Roger Stéphane, né Roger Worms le 19 août 1919 dans le 17e arrondissement de Paris, ville où il est mort le 4 décembre 1994 dans le 7e arrondissement, est un écrivain et journaliste français, ancien résistant et cofondateur de L'Observateur. Engagé au côté du Parti communiste, c'est aussi un esthète qui admire Stendhal, Proust et T. E. Lawrence. Éclectique dans ses choix, il a consacré des ouvrages aussi bien à Habib Bourguiba qu'à son vieil ami Georges Simenon avant de faire lui-même l'objet de plusieurs biographies. Homosexuel assumé, il a été l'un des premiers militants de la cause homosexuelle. (fr) Roger Stéphane (19 August 1919 - 4 December 1994) was the name used by the French writer, Roger Worms. He originally selected it in September 1941 when he joined the "Combat" Resistance group. After the Liberation he became a literary critic, author and journalist, acknowledged during his final years as a member of the Paris left wing intellectual establishment. Openly gay, he is also remembered as a pioneering campaigner for gay rights. Known for his aestheticism, those whom he particularly admired included Stendhal, Proust and T. E. Lawrence. As an author, there are suggestions that his choice of subject matter was catholic sometimes verging on the eclectic. He wrote biographical works about both Habib Bourguiba and his old friend Georges Simenon. Outwardly cheerful, he attracted further headlines in December 1994 when he committed suicide by shooting himself. (en) |
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Roger Stéphane (19 August 1919 - 4 December 1994) was the name used by the French writer, Roger Worms. He originally selected it in September 1941 when he joined the "Combat" Resistance group. After the Liberation he became a literary critic, author and journalist, acknowledged during his final years as a member of the Paris left wing intellectual establishment. Openly gay, he is also remembered as a pioneering campaigner for gay rights. Outwardly cheerful, he attracted further headlines in December 1994 when he committed suicide by shooting himself. (en) Roger Stéphane, né Roger Worms le 19 août 1919 dans le 17e arrondissement de Paris, ville où il est mort le 4 décembre 1994 dans le 7e arrondissement, est un écrivain et journaliste français, ancien résistant et cofondateur de L'Observateur. (fr) |
