Philippe Viannay (; 15 August 1917, Saint-Jean-de-Bournay - 27 November 1986) was a French

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School foundation

He founded the Centre de formation des journalistes, and, later, the sailing school '' Les Glénans''.

French resistance

During

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, he led a resistance movement named Défense de la France. They printed an underground journal which distributed up to 400,000 copies.December, 2002 interview with Hélène Viannay, Spartacus Educational
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Personal

The Canadian journalist Caitlin Kelly—who studied with Viannay at the Centre in Paris on an eighth-month journalism fellowship—later described him as "the most inspiring man I've ever met."

Hélène Viannay

During the first year of the German occupation, Viannay married the former Hélène Mordkovitch. Hélène Viannay co-administered Les Glénans with her husband, and following Viannay's death became president of the association of Ancient Résistants of Défense de la France.

Prix Philippe Viannay-Défense de la France

The French Fondation de la Résistance awards an annual prize for resistance-era histories, the Prix Philippe Viannay-Défense de la France.

References

1917 births 1986 deaths People from Isère Place of death missing Members of the Provisional Consultative Assembly French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French journalists 20th-century French male writers French Resistance members Recipients of the Resistance Medal {{France-journalist-stub