Jacques Bergier

Jacques Bergier (French: [bɛʁʒje]; maybe born Yakov Mikhailovich Berger (Russian: Я́ков Миха́йлович Бéргер); Odessa, 21 August [O.S. 8 August] 1912^[1] – Paris, 23 November 1978) was a chemical engineer, member of the French-resistance, spy, journalist and writer. He co-wrote the best-seller The Morning of the Magicians with Louis Pauwels as a work of "fantastic realism" (a term coined by the authors).

^ Jacques Bergier (1912–1978) – Amateur d'Insolite et Scribe de Miracles by Marc Saccardi, Editions de l'Oeil du Sphinx, 2008, quotes an article published in La Tour Saint-Jacques, nº 8, janvier-février 1957, page 9, for the birth date. Saccardi says 8 August "according to Julian Calendar".

[1] Jacques Bergier (1912–1978) – Amateur d'Insolite et Scribe de Miracles by Marc Saccardi, Editions de l'Oeil du Sphinx, 2008, quotes an article published in La Tour Saint-Jacques, nº 8, janvier-février 1957, page 9, for the birth date. Saccardi says 8 August "according to Julian Calendar".

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