Jean Lacouture (9 June 1921 - ) is a French journalist, historian and writer, particularly famous for his biographies. A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

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. For the wine, see Bordeaux Wine City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. ... Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper with a circulation in 2002 of 389,200. ... Although technically in Giza, The Great Pyramids have become a symbol of Cairo internationally Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة; romanized: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt (and previously the United Arab Republic) and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15. ...

Politically engaged to the Left, Lacouture supported decolonisation, and the power of Mitterand from 1981. He worked for the Nouvel Observateur, and L'Histoire François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996;   pronunciation?) was a French politician and President of France from May 1981, re-elected in 1988, until 1995. ...

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.

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, ... Hồ Chí Minh Hồ Chí Minh (meaning Ho, Enlightened Will) (Chữ nôm: 胡志明)   listen? (May 19, 1890 – September 2, 1969) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, who later became Prime Minister (1954) and President (1954 - 1969) of North Vietnam. ... Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر) Gamal Abdel Nasser (January 15, 1918 - September 28, 1970) was the second President of Egypt after Muhammad Naguib and is considered one of the most important Arab leaders in history. ... Léon Blum Léon Blum (9 April 1872 - 30 March 1950), French socialist leader and Prime Minister, was born in Paris, into a middle-class Jewish family. ... Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (  listen?) (November 22, 1890 – November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as le général de Gaulle, was a French military leader and statesman. ... François Mauriac (October 11, 1885–September 1, 1970) was a French author. ... Pierre Mendès-France Pierre Mendès-France (10 January 1907 - 18 October 1982), French politician, was born in Paris, into a family of Portuguese Sephardic Jewish origin. ... François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (October 26, 1916 - January 8, 1996) was a French politician and President of France from May 1981, re-elected in 1988, until 1995. ... Montesquieu can refer to: Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu Several communes of France: Montesquieu, in the Hérault département Montesquieu, in the Lot-et-Garonne département Montesquieu, in the Tarn-et-Garonne département This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (February 28, 1533 - September 13, 1592) was an influential French Renaissance writer, generally considered to be the inventor of the personal essay. ... André Malraux, French author, adventurer, and statesman André Malraux (November 3, 1901 - November 23, 1976) was a French author, adventurer and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and culture during his lifetime. ... Jean_François Champollion For the comet rendezvous spacecraft, see Champollion (spacecraft). ... Marie-Henri Beyle (January 23, 1783 - March 23, 1842), better known as Stendhal, was a 19th century French writer. ... Several individuals have the surname Kennedy: Members of the Kennedy family of the United States, including: John F. Kennedy - U.S. President, U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy - U.S. Senator, and Attorney General Edward Kennedy - U.S. Senator Kennedy clan - Scottish clan Duncan Kennedy - Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Harvard...

A dedicated meloman, Lacouture is also president of a society of amateurs of Georges Bizet. Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875), was a French composer of the romantic era best known for his opera Carmen. ...

Works

(incomplete list)

• Jesuits: A Multibiography ISBN 1887178600
• De Gaulle
  • De Gaulle: The Rebel 1890-1944 ISBN 0393309991
  • De Gaulle: The Ruler 1945-1970 ISBN 0393310000
• Robert Capa ISBN 0679723366
• Ho Chi Minh: A Political Biography. ISBN 0394702158
• Vietnam: Between two truces ASIN B0006D759K
• Montaigne à Cavalo ISBN 8501047597
• Pierre Mendes France ISBN 0841908567
• The demigods: Charismatic leadership in the third world ISBN 0394421949
• Nasser: A biography ISBN 039446625X
• Leon Blum ISBN 0841907765
• J.F. Kennedy ISBN 2097542298