Michel Castex (born 1943) is a French journalist and essayist. He is

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(AFP).

Career

As former president of AFP's editorial society, Michel Castex covered many international positions throughout his career. He directed the general information service and the AFP Audio service. After covering the events of Poland (1981), the riots in Algeria and the funerals of Khomeiny, he led the Agence France Presse team to cover the

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from Bucharest in 1989, which earned him the Prix Vérité (1990 Special Prize of the jury) and the 1990 Prix Radio France de la communication for his book ''Un mensonge gros comme le siècle'' which earned him the

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prize. The book evokes the case of the false mass graves of

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and raises the question of the manipulation of information. He has also directed numerous radio chronicles. He was appointed director of the Beirut office in Lebanon, where he remained for nearly five years, covering the end of the war, the beginnings of reconstruction and the advancement of the peace process. Back in France, Michel Castex was director of the western region for Agence France Presse (based in

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) and editor-in-chief at the AFP headquarters in Paris.

Works

*1990: ''Un mensonge gros comme le siècle'',

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, ,

*1990:

Prix Vérité The prix Vérité is a French literary award bestowed by the commune of Le Cannet in the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France.. Established in 1986 by Michèle Tabarot, the prize rewards each year a book about a contemporary event b ...

(Prix spécial du jury) *1990: Prix Radio France communication * Texts of intermissions in '' La Bande à Bonnot'' by

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set in music by .Discographie de Michel Castex

References

External links

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Robert Faurisson Robert Faurisson (; born Robert Faurisson Aitken; 25 January 1929 – 21 October 2018) was a British-born French academic who became best known for Holocaust denial. Faurisson generated much controversy with several articles published in the '' ...

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