Jewish Writer in Romania, Benjamin Fondane, d j recognized in his country, s'tablit, Paris, the age of 25 years. Po te, thinker, playwright, and composer, r solument, modern, and attentive, the avant-garde, he nevertheless keeps himself at a distance from schools and doctrines, from political movements and flattened movements, and seeks his own path, his personal response to timeless questions like those raised by his father.
During the years 1930 and 1940, Fondane dialogue with the outstanding individuals of his time: Artaud, Bachelard, Camus, Cioran, to name just a few. Finally, the encounter with the existential philosopher L on Chestov of which he becomes the disciple. Among his artist friends, Brancusi, Brauner, Man have left us with portraits of him, thunderous.
Arr t, on March 7, 1944, he was incarcated by Drancy. His wife wants to get her lib ration, but he refuses to abandon his sister Line, arr t e in my time than him. From port to Auschwitz, he was an assassin in a room, gassed on October 2 or 3, 1944.