Annie Kriegel
Annie Kriegel, née Annie Becker (born 9 September 1926, Paris; died August 26, 1995, Paris) was a French historian, a leading expert on communist studies and the history of Communism, a cofounder (1982) of the academic journal Communisme (with Stéphane Courtois), and a columnist for Le Figaro.[1]
Annie Kriegel | |
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Born | Annie Becker 9 September 1926 |
Died | 26 August 1995 68) Paris, France | (aged
Nationality | French |
Education | École normale supérieure |
Spouse(s) | Arthur Kriegel |
Family | Jean-Jacques Becker (brother) |
As a student, Kriegel was a member of the French Communist Party but changed her political views after the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956 and became an outspoken anticommunist.
Her brother was the historian Jean-Jacques Becker, and she was married to Arthur Kriegel, a brother of Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont. The Association d'études et de recherches en sciences sociales Annie Kriegel is named in her honour.
Selected works
- 1920. Le Congrès de Tours. Naissance du PCF, Paris, Julliard, 1964.
- Les Communistes français : essai d'ethnographie politique, Paris, Seuil, 1968.
- Les Grands Procès dans les systèmes communistes, Paris, Gallimard, 1972.
- Communismes au miroir français, Paris, Gallimard, 1974.
- Ce que j'ai cru comprendre (mémoires), Paris, Robert Laffont, 1991, 842 p.
References
- Obituary in L'Humanité, 28 August 1995
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