Jean Lacouture

Jean Lacouture (b. June 9, 1921) is a French journalist, historian and writer, particularly famous for his biographies.

Biography

Jean Lacouture was born in 1921 in Bordeaux, starting his journalistic carrer in 1950 in Combat as diplomatic redactor. He joined Le Monde in 1951. In 1953, he worked in Cairo for France Soir, before retuning to Le Monde as director for the overseas services, and grand reporter (the highest title in French journalism) until 1975.

Related Topics:
Bordeaux - Le Monde - Cairo

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Politically engaged to the Left, Lacouture supported decolonisation, and the power of Mitterrand from 1981. He worked for the Nouvel Observateur, and L'Histoire

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Lacouture was also director for publication at Seuil, one of the main French editors, form 1961 to 1982, and professor at the IEP of Paris between 1969 and 1972.

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He is mainly known of the public because of his biographies, including the lifes of Ho Chi Minh, Nasser, Léon Blum, De Gaulle, François Mauriac, Pierre Mendès-France, Mitterrand, Montesquieu, Montaigne, Malraux, Germaine Tillion, Champollion, Rivière, Stendhal, Kennedy, ...

Related Topics:
Ho Chi Minh - Nasser - Léon Blum - De Gaulle - François Mauriac - Pierre Mendès-France - Mitterrand - Montesquieu - Montaigne - Malraux - Germaine Tillion - Champollion - Rivière - Stendhal - Kennedy

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A dedicated meloman, Lacouture is also president of a society of amateurs of Georges Bizet.

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