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Henri Barbusse
1873–1935
Best known for the war novel Under Fire, this French writer turned his experience in World War I into one of the era’s most powerful antiwar books. He was also a journalist and public intellectual whose politics grew increasingly radical in the years after the war.
6 Audiobooks
Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
by Henri Barbusse
Le feu (Journal d'une Escouade)
by Henri Barbusse
The Inferno
by Henri Barbusse
Jésus
by Henri Barbusse
Meissonier
by Henri Barbusse
Light
by Henri Barbusse
About the author
Born in Asnières-sur-Seine in 1873, Henri Barbusse became a French novelist, poet, and journalist whose writing reached a wide audience in the early 20th century. He is most closely associated with Under Fire (Le Feu), the vivid World War I novel that brought him major recognition and helped define his reputation.
Barbusse served during the war, and that experience shaped both his fiction and his public voice. His work is often remembered for its direct, human view of soldiers’ lives and for its strong antiwar feeling.
In his later years, he became increasingly involved in left-wing politics and public debate, and he remained an influential literary and political figure until his death in Moscow in 1935.