{"id":3458,"date":"2020-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3458"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:12:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:12:47","slug":"bernard-epin-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3458","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Epin, writer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bernard Epin \u2011 a French writer, literary critic, and communist activist – died on 1 April 2020 after suffering from Covid-19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Born into a working-class family, Epin attended primary school in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. He joined the French Communist Party in 1954 and the editorial team of L'École et la Nation, a communist magazine, in 1957. After his military service in Algeria, Epin became editorial secretary of the magazine. He also collaborated with the weekly Révolution, the monthly Regards, and L'Humanité.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In addition to his criticism in children's literature, Epin wrote ten essays, including Les livres de vos enfants, parlons-en in 1985. This essay defended the idea of emancipation in children's reading and stressed the need for children's studies to be democratized.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He served as mayor of Saint-Ouen from 1965 to 2001, and directed cultural affairs from 1971 to 1995.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Epin died on 1 April 2020 at the age of 83 due to COVID-19.<\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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