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'''Serge Groussard''' (18 January 1921 – 2 January 2016) was a French journalist and writer, the son of colonel [[Georges Groussard (resistant)|Georges Groussard]] and Véra Bernstein-Woolbrunn.
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'''Serge Groussard''' (18 January 1921 – 2 January 2016) was a French journalist and writer, the son of colonel [[Georges Groussard (resistant)|Georges Groussard]] and Véra Bernstein-Woolbrunn.
== Biography ==
Serge Groussard studied at the Calvin Institute in [[Montauban]], at the [[La Rochelle]] high school and at the Lycée Gouraud in [[Rabat]], then at the Faculty of Arts in Paris, and finally at [[Sciences Po]].
 
In September 1939, he volunteered for the duration of the war, and participated as a pupil infantry officer in the fighting on the [[Loire]]. An information Officer for the [[French Resistance]], he was arrested in January 1943 by the [[Gestapo]], sentenced to thirty years in prison and deported to Germany.
 
== Biography ==
He will relate this experience in his first work published in 1946: ''Le Crépuscule des vivants''.
Serge Groussard studied at the Calvin Institute in [[Montauban]], at the [[La Rochelle]] high school, and at the Lycée Gouraud in [[Rabat]], thenMorocco. atHe later attended the Faculty of Arts in Paris, and finally atthe [[Sciences Po]], both in Paris.
 
In September 1939, he volunteered for the duration of the war,[[World War II|Second World War]] and participated as a pupil infantry officer in the fighting on the [[Loire]]. An information Officerofficer for the [[French Resistance]], he was arrested in January 1943 by the [[Gestapo]], sentenced to thirty years in prison, and deported to Germany. He recounted this experience in his first published work, ''Crépuscule des vivants'', in 1946.
While earning his living, he finished Sciences Po, got a bachelor's degree in Letters (classics) and a bachelor's degree in English, and prepared the [[Agrégation in France|agrégation of English]] with {{ill|Raymond Las Vergnas|fr}}. He succeeded in several competitions, among others that of the [[École nationale d'administration]] (class France Combattante, 1946–47), but he quickly abandoned public service for writing.
 
In 1953 Serge, Groussard was a military parachutist. From October 1956 to October 1957 thenand recalled voluntaryagain in 1959, he served as lieutenant, then captain, in Algeria, to which he dedicated athe narrative ''Écrivain''.
 
His career was devoted to the writingof novels and reportagesstories, for ''[[Le Figaro]]'' from 1954 to 1962 ; forand ''[[L'Aurore (1944 newspaper)|l'Aurore]]'' from 1962 to 1969. Il devient ensuite conseiller et chroniqueur au ''Figaro'' de 1969 à 1975.
 
==Selected Works works==
HeGroussard is the author ofwrote twenty-five books, including twenty novels, eight of which were adapted to the cinemafilm:
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* 1946: ''Crépuscule des vivants'' (1946)
* 1948: ''Pogrom'' (1948)
* 1948: ''Solitude espagnole'', Prix International du Grand-Reportage, Prix Claude Blanchard (1948)
* 1949: ''Des gens sans importance'', Prix Populiste -(1949) – adapted to the cinemafilm under the title ''[[People of No Importance]]'' by [[Henri Verneuil]] (1956)
* 1950: ''La Femme sans passé'', [[Prix Femina]], (1950) – adapted to the cinemafilm under the title ''[[The Passerby (1951 film)|The Passerby]]'' by [[Henri Calef]] (1951)
* 1951: ''Talya'' (1951)
* 1954: ''Orage à Miami'' followed byand ''L'Ancêtre'' (1954)
* 1954: ''Un officier de tradition'' (1954)
* 1956: ''Une chic fille, recueils de nouvelles'', Grand Prix de la Nouvelle (1956)
* 1956: ''Demain est là'', [[Éditions Gallimard]](1956)
* 1958: ''La Belle espérance'' (1958)
* 1958: ''Quartier chinois'' (1958)
* 1960: ''La Passion du Maure'' (1960)
* 1960: ''Jeunesse sauvage'' (1960)
* 1967: ''Mektoub'', Prix du roman populiste (1967)
* 1970: ''Tu es soleil'' (1970)
* 1971: ''Taxi de nuit'' (1971)
* 1972: ''L’AlgérieL'Algérie des adieux'' (1972)
* 1973: ''La Médaille de sang'' (1973)
* 1974: ''La Guerre oubliée'' (1974)
* 1981: ''Les Cobras'' (1981)
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== Honours ==
* [[LégionLegion d'honneurof Honour|Officier de la Légion d'honneur]]
* [[Croix de guerre 1939-1945]]
* [[Resistance Medal|Médaille de la Résistance]]
* [[Cross for Military Valour|Croix de la Valeur militaire]]
* [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres]]
 
== External links ==
* [https://www.whoswho.fr/decede/biographie-serge-groussard_4265 Serge Groussard] on Who's Who?
* {{IMDb name|0343937}}

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