Bernard henri levy biography of mahatma
Bernard henri levy biography of mahatma
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Bernard-Henri Lévy
French philosopher
Bernard-Henri Georges Lévy (;[2]French:[bɛʁnaʁɑ̃ʁiʒɔʁʒlevi]; born 5 November 1948) is a French public intellectual.
Often referred to in France simply as BHL,[3] he was one of the leaders of the "Nouveaux Philosophes" (New Philosophers) movement in 1976. His opinions, political activism and publications have also been the subject of several controversies over the years.[4][5][6][7]
Life and career
Early life and career
Lévy was born in 1948 in Béni Saf, French Algeria, to an affluent Sephardic Jewish (Algerian-Jewish) family.
Bernard henri levy biography of mahatma gandhi
His family moved to Paris a few months after his birth. He is the son of Dina (Siboni) and André Lévy, the founder and manager of a timber company, Becob, and became a multimillionaire from his business.[8][9] He is the brother of Véronique Lévy [fr].
Inspired by a call for an International Brigade[10&#