Dominique Desanti

Dominique Desanti (1920 – April 8, 2011) was a French journalist, novelist, educator and biographer. The daughter of a Russian immigrant, she was born Dominique Persky in Paris. She served in the French Resistance during the German occupation. She was a member of the French Communist Party from 1943 until 1956. Desanti was a correspondent for L'Humanité in the years following World War II. She al...