Pierre Assouline (born 17 April 1953) is a French writer and journalist. He was born in
Casablanca
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,
Morocco
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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:
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Henri Cartier-Bresson, the legendary photographer
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Marcel Dassault, the aeronautics pioneer
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Gaston Gallimard, the publisher
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Hergé, the creator of ''
The Adventures of Tintin''
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Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the art dealer
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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 about
Wikipedia
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by postgraduate journalism students under his supervision. Assouline contributed the preface.
In January 2007 Assouline published a blog post criticizing Wikipedia's article on the
Dreyfus Affair.
References
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1953 births
Living people
Writers from Casablanca
French biographers
French male bloggers
20th-century French Sephardi Jews
20th-century Moroccan Jews
Prix des libraires winners
Prix Maison de la Presse winners
French literary critics
Lycée Janson-de-Sailly alumni
20th-century French journalists
21st-century French journalists
Academic staff of Sciences Po
20th-century French writers
20th-century French male writers
21st-century French writers
Jewish journalists
Jewish non-fiction writers
French male biographers
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales alumni