Léon Werth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Léon Werth

French writer

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1878

Place of Birth: Remiremont, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1955

Profession: screenwriter, writer, translator, journalist, literary critic, novelist, essayist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Léon Werth (17 February 1878, Remiremont, Vosges – 13 December 1955, Paris) was a French writer and art critic, a friend of Octave Mirbeau and a close friend and confidant of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Léon Werth wrote critically and with great precision on French society through World War I, colonization, and on French "collaboration" during World War II.