Jacques Lusseyran (1924-1971) was a blind French author. Jacques Lusseyran was born on September 19th, 1924, in Paris, France. He became totally blind in a school accident at the age of 7. He soon learned to adapt to being blind and maintained many close friendships, particularly with one boy named Jean. At a young age he became alarmed at the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany and decided to learn the German language so that he could listen to German radio broadcasts. Wikipedia
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