Jean Lartéguy was the pen name of Jean Pierre Lucien Osty, a French writer, journalist, and former soldier.
Larteguy is credited with first envisioning the "ticking time bomb" scenario of torture in his 1960 novel Les centurions. Wikipedia
Born: September 5, 1920, Maisons-Alfort, France
Died: February 23, 2011 (age 90 years), Hôtel des Invalides, Paris, France
Children: Ariane Larteguy
War: World War II
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