Pierre Nord (Author)

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Pierre Nord , actually André Léon Brouillard , (born April 15, 1900 in Le Cateau-Cambrésis , Département Nord , † December 9, 1985 in Monaco ) was a French resistance fighter and writer.

Life

Pierre Nord was born the son of a coal carrier. In the First World War , Nord fought against the German military at the age of 16. Near Saint-Quentin ( Département Aisne ) he fell into German captivity and was sentenced to death after a short trial. Due to his youth he was later pardoned and survived the war.

Between 1920 and 1922, Nord attended the Saint-Cyr military school and in 1932/34 the École Militaire in Paris . He then became a student at the École libre des sciences politiques .

Then Nord worked for the French secret service. In addition to various pseudonyms , he also repeatedly used "Pierre Nord", under which he was also successful as a writer. In 1939 he was head of the espionage and counter-espionage department. After the occupation of France in World War II , Nord was captured by the Germans in 1940. However, he escaped to Rennes after a few weeks . He joined the resistance movement there and distinguished himself by a number of bold undertakings. in November 1942 he barely escaped arrest. After that day he withdrew completely and was solely concerned with planning protective and defensive measures against bomb attacks. He also wrote his first crime and adventure novels.

In 1946, Nord left the army and devoted himself to writing. In 1957, Nord resigned all offices and duties and retired into private life. He settled in Monaco, where he died on December 9, 1985 at the age of 85.

Honors

  • Knight of the Legion of Honor
  • Grand Prix Verité for his work Mes camarades sont morts
  • 1937 Grand Prix du roman d'aventures for his novel Terre d'angoisse

Works (selection)

prose
  • Le club atomique . Fayard, Paris 1966 (L'aventure de notre temps; 24).
  • Double crime sur la Ligne Maginot . Librairie de Champs-Elysées, Paris 1938.
  • One hand washes the other. Detective novel ("Qui est le policier"). Goldmann, Munich
  • Smile when you meet me. Detective novel ("Journal d'un maître chanteur"). Goldmann, Munich 1962.
  • Girls from a good family. Detective novel ("Le crime que je revendique"). Goldmann, Munich 1963.
  • Pas de scandale à l ' ONU . Fayard, Paris 1966 (L'aventure de notre temps; 31).
  • Vronska-Pierret espionage trial. Detective novel ("Procès d'espionage"). Goldmann, Munich 1962.
Non-fiction
  • Le Fantôme de Martin Bormann . Librairie des Champs-Elysée, Paris 1974, ISBN 2-7024-0316-6 .
  • Mes camarades sont morts . Librairie des Champs-Elysées, Paris 1947/49
  1. La guerre de renseignement .
  2. Le contre-espionage .
  3. La preparation du débarquement .

literature

  • Simon Epstein: Les dreyfusards sous l'occupation . Michel, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-226-12225-7 .
  • Simon Epstein: Un paradoxe français. antiracists in collaboration, antisemites in resistance . Michel, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-226-17915-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Nord, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brouillard, André Léon (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French resistance fighter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Le Cateau-Cambrésis , North department
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1985
Place of death Monaco