Stanislas Hutin
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| Born | 7 September 1930 Rennes, France |
| Died | 2 September 2026 (aged 95) Brittany, France |
| Occupations | Jesuit seminarian, anti-war activist |
| Parent | Paul Hutin-Desgrées (father) |
| Relatives | Emmanuel Desgrées du Loû (maternal grandfather) François Régis Hutin (brother) |
Stanislas Hutin (7 September 1930 – 2 September 2026) was a French Jesuit seminarian and anti-war activist.
Biography
[edit]Hutin was born in Rennes on 7 September 1930,[1] the son of Paul Hutin-Desgrées, a journalist and member of the National Assembly of France, and Magdeleine Desgrées du Loû. He was the brother of François Régis Hutin, a journalist, and his maternal grandfather Emmanuel Desgrées du Loû founded L'Ouest-Éclair, a regional daily newspaper in his hometown. In 1951, he entered the Jesuit order. In 1954, he served in the military in Madagascar, and in 1955, he was sent to Algeria.[2][3] He studied philosophy in a seminary near Le Puy-en-Velay.[4]
In 1956, Hutin anonymously published his testimony on the witnessed torture of the French Armed Forces torturing Algerians during the Algerian War. His testimony was re-published by numerous anti-war writers, and it was used in Pierre-Henri Simon's 1957 book Contre la Torture. He was cited by historian Pierre Vidal-Naquet in the 1972 book La Torture dans la République, and according to The New York Times, he was referred as a "communist" by French troops. He left the Jesuits after the Algerian War ended, and he worked as a development worker in the late 1970s.[3]
Hutin died in Brittany on 2 September 2026, at the age of 95.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Stanislas Hutin, 95, spoke against France's Algerian war". The Boston Globe. 24 September 2026. Retrieved 25 September 2026 – via PressReader.
- ↑ Bobin, Frédéric (8 September 2026). "Stanislas Hutin, figure morale engagée contre la torture pendant la guerre d'Algérie, est mort". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2026.
- 1 2 Nossiter, Adam (23 September 2026). "Stanislas Hutin, Who Denounced Torture in France's Algerian War, Dies at 95". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
- ↑ Germain, Stéphanie (2 March 2022). "Quand Stanislas Hutin racontait la guerre d'Algérie dans son journal de bord". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2026.
- ↑ Simon, Pascal (6 September 2026). "Disparition. Stanislas Hutin, l'humaniste qui a voué sa vie à l'aide aux pays en développement". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2026.
- ↑ "Stanislas Hutin". People Forever. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
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