Jean Lartéguy
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Jean Lartéguy (5 September 1920 in Maisons-Alfort – 23 February 2011)[1] was the pen name of Jean Pierre Lucien Osty, a French writer, journalist, and former soldier.[2]
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Jean Lartéguy | |
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Born | Jean Pierre Lucien Osty (1920-09-05)5 September 1920 Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne, France |
Died | 23 February 2011(2011-02-23) (aged 90) |
Occupation | Writer, journalist, war correspondent |
Nationality | French |
Notable awards | Albert Londres Prize (1955) |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Free France |
Years of service | 1942 – 1949 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | 1st Commando Group |
War | World War II |
Awards | Légion d'honneur Croix de guerre 1939-1945 Croix de Guerre TOE |
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Larteguy is credited with first envisioning the "ticking time bomb" scenario of torture in his 1960 novel Les centurions.[3]