Lacouture, Jean
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| born on | 9 June 1921 at 06:00 (= 06:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Bordeaux, France, 44n50, 0w34 | ||||
| Timezone | GDT h1e (is daylight saving time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   17°48'   28°35 Asc. 27°13'
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Biography
French historian, journalist and writer, famous for his biographies including the lives of Ho Chi Minh, Nasser, Léon Blum, De Gaulle, François Mauriac, Pierre Mendès-France, Mitterrand, Montesquieu, Montaigne, Malraux, Germaine Tillion, Champollion, Rivière, Stendhal and Kennedy.
In 1953, he worked in Cairo for France Soir, before returning to Le Monde as director for the overseas services, and grand reporter (the highest title in French journalism) until 1975.
Politically engaged on the Left, Lacouture supported decolonization, and Mitterrand
Source Notes
Collection Didier Geslain
Categories
- Lifestyle : Work : Travel for work
- Vocation : Writers : Biographer
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
