Stéphane Hessel became famous in 2010 when he published his protest manifesto: ‘Time for Outrage’. But long before that, Hessel was a diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor, French Resistance member and BCRA agent.
When Max Dana launched the “60 Signers for the 60th Anniversary” Initiative to support the Every Human Has Rights Campaign (The Elders / CIVICUS) on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2008, she asked Stéphane Hessel, who participated in the editing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, if he would sign the artwork she did.
He was enthusiastic about it and agreed to support the initiative.
Here is Max Dana’s tweet about Stéphane Hessel.
Stephane #Hessel died. We met at his home in 2008 to sign the artwork I did to support #HumanRights @ehhrights / @theelders. Thank you… #RIP
— Max Dana (@MaxDana) February 27, 2013
As we just tweeted, we are deeply saddened by the death of Stéphane Hessel and our thoughts are with his close family and friends.
