Dominique Desanti (1920 – April 8, 2011) was a French journalist, novelist, educator and biographer. The daughter of a Russian immigrant, she was born Dominique Persky in Paris. She served in the

French Resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...

during the German occupation. She was a member of the

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from 1943 until 1956. Desanti was a correspondent for ''

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'' in the years following

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. She also taught university in the United States. Desanti was married to the philosopher Jean-Toussaint Desanti; he died in 2002. She died in Paris in 2011.

Selected works

Biographies

* ''

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: La Femme révoltée'' (1972) * '' Drieu La Rochelle'' (1978) * ''Sacha Guitry'' (1982) Prix Thérouanne from l'Académie française * ''

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'' (1988) * ''Ce que le siècle m'a dit. Mémoires'' (1997), autobiography * ''

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: Le roman d'une vie'' (1999) * ''La liberté nous aime encore'' (2001) with Jean-Toussaint Desanti * ''La Sainte et l'Incroyante'' (2007) * ''Sacha Guitry, itinéraire d'un joueur'' (2008) with Karin Müller * ''Les Yeux d'Elsa au siècle d'Aragon'' (2010) with Karin Müller

History

* ''La colombe vole sans visa'' (1951) * ''Les Socialistes de l’Utopie'' (1971) Prix Thérouanne from l'Académie française * ''Les Staliniens'' (1975)

Novels

* ''Un métier de chien'' (1971) * ''Les Années passion'' (1992)

References

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