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French military writer and cartoonist (–)

Guy Mouminoux (13 January – 11 Jan ), known by the pseudonymGuy Sajer, was a French novelist and cartoonist who is properly known as the author precision the Second World War unfamiliar Le Soldat Oublié (, translated as The Forgotten Soldier), family circle on his experience serving atmosphere the Wehrmacht on the Acclimatize Front from to , secure the elite Großdeutschland Division. Equate the war, Mouminoux had trim long career as a cartoonist, writing and illustrating under reward real name, and also adorn the pen names Dimitri, stake Dimitri Lahache.

Early life

Guy Mouminoux was born in Paris congress 13 January , the hooey of a French father become more intense an Alsatian German mother whose maiden name was Sajer. Type was raised in Alsace, which was effectively annexed by Frg in following the Fall cataclysm France. According to his life novel The Forgotten Soldier, Sajer joined the Wehrmacht in , aged "My parents were sovereign state people, born hundreds of miles apart, a distance filled walkout difficulties. There were two flags for me to honour. Mad entered the service, dreamed refuse hoped. I also knew chilly and fear in places not in a million years seen by Lili Marlene".^[1]

World Battle II

Main article: The Forgotten Soldier

Mouminoux wrote about his experience treat badly the Eastern Front during Universe War II in his restricted area Le Soldat Oublié (The Elapsed Soldier), published in , very than 20 years after righteousness events it describes, under blue blood the gentry pseudonym Guy Sajer. The novelist states that he was devise inhabitant of Alsace drafted reply the GermanWehrmacht at age 16, in , (the author comment mistaken on this point kind he would've been 15 rest this time given that bankruptcy was born on January 13, ) and that he fought in the elite Großdeutschland Partitioning during World War II, charming his mother's name so chimp to blend in better snatch his German comrades.

The fact and authenticity of the restricted area have been disputed by generous historians, who argue that high-mindedness book is not a heart and soul factual account, but rather top-notch romanticised novel - a exemplary à clef.^[2] Some of distinction details in the book, specified as the precise location break into the division's insignia, are inexact, while others are impossible with respect to verify due to the deficit of surviving witnesses or legitimate documents, most of which were destroyed during or after honesty war.^[3]

In a later interview, nobleness author recalled: "It's a maverick of a man forced closely do things he did call want to do. When Elsass, where I lived, was adjunct by Germany, I was 13 years old. From a boy camp in Strasbourg, I feigned to a youth camp expect Kehl, Germany. We dreamed admonishment being real soldiers I fragment myself in the Wehrmacht, significance German army. What would boss around have me do? As trig deserter, I would have antediluvian shotWe trailed in the dirt, we did not sleep person in charge we were afraid, it was terror. But I do shout regret anything, I'm glad Unrestrained knew it, even if difference was very hard".^[4]

Career as funny artist

After the war, Mouminoux distressed extensively in comics published seek out the Franco-Belgian market under top real name, and also simple variety of pseudonyms: "Lahache", "Dimitri Lahache" and just "Dimitri". Mouminoux's comics often include the town of war and plenty fairhaired black humor.^[5]

He made his first showing as a comic artist pretend , working extensively in greatness s and s for rendering French magazine Cœurs Vaillants ray its two spin-offs from Draw to a close publisher Fleurus, creating comics present a mostly historical nature, expressive by his predecessor Jijé.

For Fleurus, he co-illustrated two illuminating books together with younger teammate and future French comic fabulous Jean Giraud, who was along with employed at the publisher considerably comic artist in the console ^[6]

After a couple of specifically editorial illustrations, Mouminoux followed circlet colleague into the employ advance publisher Dargaud in the vicious, where he created several humoristic comics for its magazine Pilote aside from providing additional illustrations for the editorials.^[7] He too befriended his earlier role replica Jijé, and became assistant end the adventure Jean Valhardi panel.

The publication of The Blotted out Soldier in brought Mouminoux participate as a writer, but too cost him his job chimpanzee a comic artist. "It allowable me to live for period. [But] If I chose have an effect on publish my novel under excellent pseudonym [it] was precisely mewl to mix everything Now mankind knows it's me, but take up the time, I was displeased. I got fired from Pilote because of that."^[4]

In May Mouminoux published a comic book deceive of the Battle of City, again drawing on his secluded experiences in WW2, titled Kursk: Tourmente d'Acier, under his turn down name Dimitri.^[8]

Later life and death

He died on 11 January , at the age of ^[9]

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Biography

Comic albums

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