Stephane Hessel, a former French Resistance fighter whose 2010 manifesto Time for Outrage inspired social protesters, has died.
A German by birth, he was imprisoned in Nazi camps during World War II for his activities in France.
In Time for Outrage, he called for a new form of "resistance" to the injustices of the modern world.
He expressed outrage at a growing gap between haves and have-nots.
Hessel, 95, was also outraged by France's treatment of illegal immigrants and damage to the environment.
Born of Jewish origin on 20 October 1917 in Berlin, Hessel arrived in France at the age of eight and became a naturalised French citizen in 1939.
The BBC reports Time for Outrage has sold more than 4.5 million copies in 35 countries. But whether Hessel inspired the Occupy movement, as some have argued, is more open to debate.
