About Denyse Clairouin
Lived 1900 – 1945 (aged 44). Denyse Clairouin was a French translator, writer, french resistance fighter and literary agent.
Denyse Henriette Léonie Clairouin (27 August 1900 in Paris – 12 March 1945 in Mauthausen) was a French translator and Resistance fighter.
During the Second World War, she was part of the Resistance (group Secret Army). She was arrested in 1943 and deported to Ravensbrück and then Mauthausen. She died in deportation in March 1945. She was awarded the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre.
In 1945, the Denyse Clairouin literary prize was created to celebrate her memory. In 1948, Louise Varèse was awarded the prize for her translation of Paris Spleen by Charles Baudelaire.
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Who was Denyse Clairouin?
French translator (1900-1945)
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Denyse Clairouin was born on 27 August 1900 in 6th arrondissement of Paris, Paris.
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Denyse Clairouin died on 12 March 1945 in Mauthausen concentration camp.
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Denyse Clairouin was a translator, writer, french resistance fighter and literary agent.
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Denyse Clairouin was French.
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