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Jean Marcel Adolphe Bruller (26 February 1902 – 10 June 1991) was a French writer and illustrator who co-founded the publishing company Les Éditions de Minuit with Pierre de Lescure.
Jean Bruller, dit Vercors, né le 26 février 1902 à Paris 15 e et mort le 10 juin 1991 à Paris 1 er, est un illustrateur et écrivain français. Il adopte le pseudonyme littéraire Vercors en 1941 pendant la Résistance .
Le Silence de la mer (French: [lə silɑ̃s də la mɛʁ], English titles Silence of the Sea and Put Out the Light, is a French novella written in 1941 by Jean Bruller under the pseudonym "Vercors". Published secretly in German-occupied Paris in 1942, the book quickly became a symbol of mental resistance against German occupiers.
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Jun 13, 1991 · Jean Bruller, who wrote under the name Vercors and whose clandestine wartime novella, "The Silence of the Sea," moved the French nation and those who shared with France the agony of the German...
May 1, 2015 · W hen the French illustrator and journalist Jean Bruller wrote the novella Le silence de la mer in late 1941, he could not have foreseen that the story would go on to become a primary inspirational text for the French Resistance.
Jun 6, 2024 · Jean Marcel Bruller. Born: Feb. 26, 1902, Paris, France. Died: June 10, 1991, Paris (aged 89) Notable Works: “The Silence of the Sea”
Jean Bruller was not a writer as yet. Born on 26 February 1902, he did his secondary education at the École Alsacienne, then qualified as an electrical engineer before embarking on a career as a satirical artist.
