Jean-Henri Azéma, called Jean Azéma (28 December 1913 – 13 October 2000) was a French poet of
Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
nais origin. Born in
Saint-Denis, he died in
Buenos Aires
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, where he had fled after
collaborating with the
Nazi
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s during
World War II
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. His son was the historian
Jean-Pierre Azéma.
References
Brief biographical sketchon answers.com
1913 births
2000 deaths
People from Saint-Denis, Réunion
Poets from Réunion
French expatriates in Argentina
French exiles
French Waffen-SS personnel
20th-century French poets
French male poets
20th-century French male writers
Nazis who fled to Argentina
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