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tinker, tailor, soldier, satirist: sacha zaliouk’s contributions to trench journalism
‘Journaux de tranchées‘, or trench journalism, is exactly that: publications by soldiers locked in the horrors of war. This form of transmitting the misery, violence and loss of a war by those closest to it, was not unique to France, as Britain and Germany had their own publications (source), though France had quite a few…
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moussa koné beyla
As noted in his biography, Sacha joined the French army during the First World War. For the first part of his service, he was based “internally”. There was a publication called ‘Bulletin des écrivains’ which had a section at the back. It contained columns listing the location of writers. Sacha was included in these columns…
A Study of Sacha Zaliouk 