Jacques Lusseyran (1924–1971)
Auteur van And There Was Light: Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, Blind Hero of the French Resistance
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Jacques Lusseyran was born in Paris, France on September 19, 1924. He became totally blind in a school accident at the age of 8. In the spring of 1941, at the age of 17, he formed a Resistance group called the Volunteers of Liberty with 52 other boys. The group later merged with another Resistance toon meer group called Défense de la France. On July 20, 1943, he was betrayed by a member of his resistance group and arrested by the Gestapo. He was sent to Buchenwald and was liberated in April 1945. After World War II, he became a professor of French literature at Case Western Reserve University. He wrote several books including Against the Pollution of the I: Selected Writings of Jacques Lusseyran and And There Was Light: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II. He died in a car accident on July 27, 1971. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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The Blind in Society and Blindness: A New Seeing of… door Jacques Lusseyran
Myrin Institute Proceedings #27
In the last few days, I read the stories of two incredible men, Steven Biko and Jacques Lusseyran.
Most of us spend our days whining, and during the pandemic, we have whined louder. Yet, there are incredible people who have walked the face of the earth. Jacques Lusseyran is one of them.
He became blind when he was eight yet did not let that depress him. He was blessed to have enlightened parents.
In 1938, World War II broke out, and France capitulated. Jacques Lusseyran became the leader of one of the main wings of the Resistance, and he was a young teenager! Then, in 1943, when someone betrayed him, he was marched off to prison and then the concentration camps in Buchwald. There, he became an inspiration to many prisoners. Again, when he was not yet out of his teens.
He was one of the thirty who survived the concentration camps. When you read the book, you understand how he refused to let his spirit die. At one point he says, I didn't have physical strength, but I had my head and was determined to use it.
He recommends how we must approach life in prison, and in the camps. Apply this to your life, and it will transform into something magical.
This book is inspiring. Read it.… (meer)
Most of us spend our days whining, and during the pandemic, we have whined louder. Yet, there are incredible people who have walked the face of the earth. Jacques Lusseyran is one of them.
He became blind when he was eight yet did not let that depress him. He was blessed to have enlightened parents.
In 1938, World War II broke out, and France capitulated. Jacques Lusseyran became the leader of one of the main wings of the Resistance, and he was a young teenager! Then, in 1943, when someone betrayed him, he was marched off to prison and then the concentration camps in Buchwald. There, he became an inspiration to many prisoners. Again, when he was not yet out of his teens.
He was one of the thirty who survived the concentration camps. When you read the book, you understand how he refused to let his spirit die. At one point he says, I didn't have physical strength, but I had my head and was determined to use it.
He recommends how we must approach life in prison, and in the camps. Apply this to your life, and it will transform into something magical.
This book is inspiring. Read it.… (meer)
> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Lusseyran-Conversation-amoureuse/748186
> Un beau texte, qui nous fait dire du bonheur, rien que du bonheur !
Un magnifique témoignage de cet écrivain qui ne savait pas que cet ouvrage serait son testament.
—Danieljean (Babelio)… (meer)
> Un beau texte, qui nous fait dire du bonheur, rien que du bonheur !
Un magnifique témoignage de cet écrivain qui ne savait pas que cet ouvrage serait son testament.
—Danieljean (Babelio)… (meer)
> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Lusseyran-Douce-trop-douce-Amerique/1203589
> Un miroir pour l'Amérique par Jacques LUSSEYRAN
Ces pages sont extraites d’un livre à paraître fin avril Editions Gallimard, sous le titre Douce, trop douce Amérique.
In: Revue Esprit Nouvelle série, No. 370 (4) (AVRIL 1968), pp. 642-660. … ; (en ligne),
URL : https://esprit.presse.fr/article/lusseyran-jacques/un-miroir-pour-l-amerique-225...… (meer)
> Un miroir pour l'Amérique par Jacques LUSSEYRAN
Ces pages sont extraites d’un livre à paraître fin avril Editions Gallimard, sous le titre Douce, trop douce Amérique.
In: Revue Esprit Nouvelle série, No. 370 (4) (AVRIL 1968), pp. 642-660. … ; (en ligne),
URL : https://esprit.presse.fr/article/lusseyran-jacques/un-miroir-pour-l-amerique-225...… (meer)
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