André Schwarz-Bart



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André Schwarz-Bart

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born
May 28, 1928 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe

died
September 30, 2006


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André Schwarz-Bart (May 28, 1928, Metz, Moselle - September 30, 2006, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) was a French novelist of Polish-Jewish origins.

Schwarz-Bart is best known for his novel The Last of the Just (originally published as Le Dernier des justes). The book, which traces the story of a Jewish family from the time of the Crusades to the gas chambers of Auschwitz, earned Schwarz-Bart the Prix Goncourt in 1959. He won the Jerusalem Prize in 1967.

Schwarz-Bart's parents moved to France in 1924, a few years before he was born. In 1941, they were deported to Auschwitz. Soon after, Schwarz-Bart, still a young teen, joined the Resistance, despite the fact that his first language was Yiddish, and he could barely speak French. It was his experi...more


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Average rating: 4.29 · 296 ratings · 39 reviews · 3 distinct works
The Last of the Just
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 1959 — 9 editions
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A Woman Named Solitude
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1972 — 6 editions
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L'étoile du matin: roman
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In Praise of Black Women, V...
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4.88 of 5 stars 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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