Hussards (literary movement)

The Hussards was a group of French authors during the 1950s who opposed Existentialism and leftist political activism among intellectuals such as Jean-Paul Sartre. == Origins == Its name was invented by the literary critic Bernard Frank, who referred to several people by the ironic name of "hussards" (French for "hussars") in an article published in December 1952 in the journal Les Temps modernes, titled "Grognards et hussards" ("Old Guards and Hussars").

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Hussards (literary movement)

The Hussards was a group of French authors during the 1950s who opposed Existentialism and leftist political activism among intellectuals such as Jean-Paul Sartre. == Origins == Its name was invented by the literary critic Bernard Frank, who referred to several people by the ironic name of "hussards" (French for "hussars") in an article published in December 1952 in the journal Les Temps modernes, titled "Grognards et hussards" ("Old Guards and Hussars").

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