Raymond de Becker

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Raymond de Becker (Brussels, 1912- Versailles, April 18, 1969) was a Belgian journalist and writer who was born in Brussels. He edited the Belgian papers Independence and Avant-Garde. In 1932 he published the book A New Order; in 1939 Life Difficult and in 1942 Book of Living and the Dead.

He continued to work and publish during the war with the agreement of the German occupiers although his relationship with the German military administration deteriorated during 1943 and on 4 October 1943 he was removed from being Editor-in-Chief of Le Soir and placed under house arrest.^[1]

Other works

The Other Face of Love: A definitive study of homosexuality, Raymond de Becker, Sphere Books, London, 1967
The Understanding of Dreams: And Their Influence on the History of Man, Raymond de Becker, Bell Publishing Company, New York, 1968

References

↑ Paul Aron and Cécile Vanderpelen-diagr, Truths and lies of collaboration: three writers tell "their" war (Raymond de Becker, Félicien Marceau, Robert Poulet), Labor, Brussels, 2006 (ISBN 2-8040-2288-9)

Authority control	VIAF: 54231384 ISNI: 0000 0001 1827 4921 BNF: cb12392025n

Persondata
Name	De Becker, Raymond
Alternative names
Short description	journalist, writer
Date of birth	1912
Place of birth	Brussels, Belgium
Date of death	April 18, 1969
Place of death	Versailles, France

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