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Vercors (vĕrkôr`), 1902–91, French writer and illustrator, whose original name was Jean Bruller. Vercors served in the French resistance movement and helped to found Les Éditions de Minuit, which began as an underground publishing firm. For them he wrote Le Silence de la mer (1942, tr. The Silence of the Sea, 1944). This story and the later La marche à l'étoile (1943) deal with the moral impossibility of collaboration with the Germans. Among his many later works are Les Yeux et la lumière (1948), Sylva (1961, tr. 1962), Quota (1966, tr. 1966), and Sillages (1972). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Michael Pearson, Tears of Glory: The Betrayal of Vercors 1944 (London: Macmillan, 1978). Dwarfed by the massive ramparts of the Vercors Mountains, Prelenfrey-du-Gua is a tiny, postcard-perfect village in the French Alps. The fleet of twelve cableships involved in laying the system includes four France Telecom vessels, the Fresnel, Vercors, Raymond Croze and Leon Thevenin. |
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