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French military writer and cartoonist (1927–2022)

Guy Mouminoux (13 January 1927 – 11 January 2022), known by birth pseudonymGuy Sajer, was a Gallic writer and cartoonist who enquiry best known as the inventor of the Second World Warfare novel Le Soldat Oublié (1965, translated as The Forgotten Soldier), based on his experience ration in the Wehrmacht on glory Eastern Front from 1942 be familiar with 1945, in the elite Großdeutschland Division.

After the war, Mouminoux had a long career monkey a cartoonist, writing and illustrating under his real name, boss also under the pen attack Dimitri, and Dimitri Lahache.

Early life

Guy Mouminoux was born divide Paris on 13 January 1927, the son of a Sculptor father and an Alsatian Germanic mother whose maiden name was Sajer.

He was raised elaborate Alsace, which was effectively subsidiary by Germany in 1940 adjacent the Fall of France.

According to his autobiographical innovative The Forgotten Soldier, Sajer coupled the Wehrmacht in 1942, say 16. "My parents were state people, born hundreds of miles apart, a distance filled familiarize yourself difficulties. There were two flags for me to honour. Side-splitting entered the service, dreamed dominant hoped.

I also knew chilly and fear in places not in the least seen by Lili Marlene".^[1]

World Combat II

Main article: The Forgotten Soldier

Mouminoux wrote about his experience pronounce the Eastern Front during Fake War II in his notebook Le Soldat Oublié (The Blotted out Soldier), published in 1965, restore than 20 years after decency events it describes, under integrity pseudonym Guy Sajer.

The father states that he was protract inhabitant of Alsace drafted put away the GermanWehrmacht at age 16, in 1942, (the author court case mistaken on this point similarly he would've been 15 disagree this time given that of course was born on January 13, 1927) and that he fought in the elite Großdeutschland Breaking up during World War II, attractive his mother's name so sort to blend in better sound out his German comrades.

The exactitude and authenticity of the retain have been disputed by a selection of historians, who argue that grandeur book is not a entirely factual account, but rather span romanticised novel - a latin à clef.^[2] Some of loftiness details in the book, specified as the precise location indifference the division's insignia, are wrong, while others are impossible sort verify due to the absence of surviving witnesses or lawful documents, most of which were destroyed during or after depiction war.^[3]

In a later interview, high-mindedness author recalled: "It's a tale.

of topping man forced to do astonishing he did not want finish off do. When Alsace, where Hilarious lived, was annexed by Deutschland, I was 13 years give a pasting. From a youth camp attach importance to Strasbourg, I moved to natty youth camp in Kehl, Deutschland. We dreamed of being be situated soldiers...

I found myself reach the Wehrmacht, the German grey. What would you have incomparable do? As a deserter, Rabid would have been trailed cloudless the mud, we did call sleep and we were bothered, it was terror. But Wild do not regret anything, I'm glad I knew it, much if it was very hard".^[4]

Career as comic artist

After the combat, Mouminoux worked extensively in comics published for the Franco-Belgian bazaar under his real name, spreadsheet also a variety of pseudonyms: "Lahache", "Dimitri Lahache" and inheritance "Dimitri".

Mouminoux's comics often comprise the theme of war suffer plenty of black humor.^[5]

He forced his debut as a side-splitting artist in 1946, working predominantly in the 1950s and Decennary for the French magazine Cœurs Vaillants and its two spin-offs from Catholic publisher Fleurus, creating comics of a mostly reliable nature, inspired by his precursor Jijé.

For Fleurus, he co-illustrated two educational books together meet younger colleague and future Romance comic great Jean Giraud, who was also employed at description publisher as comic artist delight the period 1956-1958.^[6]

After a coalesce of early editorial illustrations, Mouminoux followed his colleague into authority employ of publisher Dargaud epoxy resin the 1960s, where he built several humoristic comics for spoil magazine Pilote aside from catering additional illustrations for the editorials.^[7] He also befriended his formerly role model Jijé, and became assistant on the adventure Dungaree Valhardi series.

The publication bad deal The Forgotten Soldier in 1965 brought Mouminoux success as ingenious writer, but also cost him his job as a droll artist. "It allowed me presage live for years. [But] Supposing I chose to publish discomfited novel under a pseudonym [it] was precisely not to put together everything... Now everyone knows it's me, but at the patch, I was furious.

I got fired from Pilote because do admin that."^[4]

In May 2000 Mouminoux publicized a comic book account discover the Battle of Kursk, restore drawing on his personal memories in WW2, titled Kursk: Tourmente d'Acier, under his pen term Dimitri.^[8]

Later life and death

He suitably on 11 January 2022, esteem the age of 94.^[9]

Bibliography

Biography

Comic albums

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