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Pierre Assouline

Pierre Assouline (born 17 April 1953) is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Jewish family. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for radio. As a biographer, he has covered a diverse and eclectic range of subjects, including: Henri Cartier-Bresson, the legendary photographer; Marcel Dassault, the aeronautics pioneer; Gaston Gallimard, the publisher; Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin; Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the art dealer; Georges Simenon, the detective novelist and creator of Inspector Maigret. Several of these books have been translated into English and the Henri Cartier-Bresson biography has been translated into Chinese. As a journalist, Assouline has worked for the leading French publications Lire and Le Nouvel Observateur. He also publishes a blog, "La république des livres". Assouline was the editor of La Révolution Wikipédia, a collection of essays by postgraduate journalism students under his supervision. Assouline contributed the preface. On 7 January 2007, Assouline published a blog post criticizing the Wikipedia entry on the Dreyfus Affair. Source: Article "Pierre Assouline" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Born:
Apr 17, 1953 In Casablanca, Morocco
Movie/TV Credits:
10
First Appeared:
In the series Apostrophes 1975-01-10
Latest Project:
Movie Simenon est Maigret 2023-10-14
Known For
Poster of Simenon est Maigret
Poster of Passage des arts: Renoir et la petite fille au ruban bleu
Poster of Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme
Poster of Le procès Céline
Filmography
Movie Simenon est Maigret 2023-10-14
Movie Passage des arts: Renoir et la petite fille au ruban bleu 2019-01-01
Series Rembob'Ina Self 2018-11-04
Movie The Clouzot Scandal Self 2017-10-17
Movie Les vendredis d'Apostrophes Self 2015-11-06
Movie Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme Pierre Assouline 2012-07-10
Movie Le procès Céline 2011-10-17
Series Vivement dimanche Self 1998-09-20
Movie Le Petit Vingtième : le siècle de Tintin Self 1995-01-01
Series Apostrophes Self 1975-01-10