Jean Lartéguy

Jean Lartéguy
BornJean Pierre Lucien Osty
(1920-09-05)5 September 1920
Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne, France
Died23 February 2011(2011-02-23) (aged 90)
OccupationWriter, journalist, war correspondent
NationalityFrench
Notable awardsAlbert Londres Prize (1955)
Military career
Allegiance Free France
Years of service1942 – 1949
RankCaptain
Unit1st Commando Group
WarWorld War II
AwardsLégion d'honneur
Croix de guerre 1939-1945
Croix de Guerre TOE

Jean Lartéguy (5 September 1920 in Maisons-Alfort – 23 February 2011) 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.