Annie Kriegel | |
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 Annie Kriegel in 1947 | |
| Born | Annie Becker 9 September 1926 |
| Died | 26 August 1995 (aged 68) Paris, France |
| Education | École normale supérieure de jeunes filles University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Spouse(s) | Guy Besse Arthur Kriegel |
| Family | Jean-Jacques Becker (brother) |
Annie Kriegel, née Annie Becker (9 September 1926 – 26 August 1995) 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]
As a student, Kriegel was a member of the French Communist Party but changed her political views and became an outspoken anticommunist. She collaborated with Donald Blackmer to co-author the 1975 book The International Role of the Communist Parties of Italy and France,Cambridge, Mass.: Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.
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