![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In January 1918, he left France and moved to Moscow, where he married a Russian woman and joined the Bolshevik Party. Le Feu drew criticism at the time for its harsh naturalism, but won the Prix Goncourt in December 1916. By this time, Barbusse had become a pacifist, and his writing demonstrated his growing hatred of militarism. īarbusse first came to fame with the publication of his novel Le Feu (translated by William Fitzwater Wray as Under Fire) in 1916, which was based on his experiences during World War I. On 8 June 1915, he is awarded the Croix de guerre with citation. ![]() Invalided out of the army three times, Barbusse would serve in the war for 17 months, until November 1915, when he was permanently moved into a clerical position due to pulmonary damage, exhaustion, and dysentery. In 1914, at age 41, he enlisted in the French Army and served on the western front during World War I. Although he grew up in a small town, he left for Paris in 1889, at age 16. The son of a French father and an English mother, Barbusse was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, France in 1873. He was a lifelong friend of Albert Einstein. Henri Barbusse ( French pronunciation: – 30 August 1935) was a French novelist and a member of the French Communist Party. ![]()
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