French essayist, novelist, poet, and Communist apologist
early member of Dadaist and Surrealist movements
joined Communist Party 1926 (left 1927, rejoined 1930) and became defender of Communism and Communist-endorsed social realism movement
wrote novels "Paris Peasant" 1926, "Holy Week" 1958, poem "Ode to Stalin" 1957
helped inspire Free French resistance forces during Nazi occupation of France
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