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  • Stéphane Hessel
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  • Stéphane Frédéric Hessel (20 October 1917 – 26 February 2013) was a diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, French Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939. He became an observer of the editing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. In 2011 he was named by Foreign Policy magazine in its list of top global thinkers. In later years his activism focused on economic inequalities, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and protection for the post-WW2 social vision. His short book Time for Outrage! sold 4.5 million copies worldwide. Hessel and his book were linked and cited as an inspiration for the Spanish Indignados, the American Occupy Wall Street movement and other political movements.
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Birth Date
  • 1917-10-20
Residence
  • Paris, France
death place
  • Paris, France
Spouse
  • Christiane Hessel-Chabry
  • Vitia Guetzevich
Name
  • Stéphane Hessel
Caption
  • Stéphane Hessel at a political rally for Europe Écologie, March 2010
Years Active
  • 1946
Birth Place
  • Berlin, German Empire
Awards
death date
  • 2013-02-26
Notable Works
  • Time for Outrage!
Image size
  • 200
Citizenship
  • French
Alt
  • Stéphane Hessel
Occupation
  • Diplomat, ambassador
Known For
  • Buchenwald survivor
  • French Resistance member
  • Human Rights advocacy
Birthname
  • Stéphane Frédéric Hessel
Parents
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  • Stéphane Frédéric Hessel (20 October 1917 – 26 February 2013) was a diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, French Resistance member and BCRA agent. Born German, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1939. He became an observer of the editing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. In 2011 he was named by Foreign Policy magazine in its list of top global thinkers. In later years his activism focused on economic inequalities, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and protection for the post-WW2 social vision. His short book Time for Outrage! sold 4.5 million copies worldwide. Hessel and his book were linked and cited as an inspiration for the Spanish Indignados, the American Occupy Wall Street movement and other political movements.