Jean-Claude Guillebaud (born 21 May 1944 in

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) is a French writer, essayist, lecturer and journalist.

Biography

A journalist at the daily '' Sud Ouest'', then at the newspaper ''

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'' and the weekly ''

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'', Jean-Claude Guillebaud also directed the organisation

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. In 1972 he was the recipient of the

Prix Albert-Londres The Albert Londres Prize is the highest French journalism award, named in honor of journalist Albert Londres. Created in 1932, it was first awarded in 1933 and is considered the French equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Three laureates are award ...

. He is a member of the sponsorship committee of the of the culture of peace and non-violence. In 2005, Guillebaud published '. He kept a weekly column on the life of the media in the television supplement of ''Le Nouvel Observateur'' before replacing

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as columnist at ''Le Nouvel Observateur'' from November 2010.Jean Daniel, Instants de pensées et d'humeurs
/ref> He also keeps a chronicle of observation of French society and politics in the Catholic weekly '' La Vie''. Since June 2008, he has been a member of the supervisory board of the press group

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. In 2016, he presided the 23rd Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre.

Writings

*1969: ''Chaban-Delmas ou l'art d'être heureux en politique'',

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*1974: ''Les Jours terribles d'Israël'',

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*1976: ''Les Confettis de l'Empire'', Seuil *1978: ''Les Années orphelines, 1968-1978'', Seuil *1980: ''Un voyage vers l'Asie'', Seuil *1980: ''Un voyage en Océanie'', Seuil *1988: ''Le Voyage à Kéren'',

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Prix Roger Nimier The Roger Nimier Prize () is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier". Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the Hussards (literary move ...

*1993: ''La Colline des Anges : Retour au Viêt Nam'' with

Raymond Depardon Raymond Depardon (; born 6 July 1942) is a French photographer, photojournalist and documentary filmmaker. Early life Depardon was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France. Photographer Depardon is a mainly self-taught photographer, as he bega ...

, Seuil *1995: ''La Trahison des Lumières : enquête sur le désarroi contemporain'', Seuil, Jean-Jacques Rousseau *1998: ''La Tyrannie du plaisir'', Seuil, Prix Renaudot Essai *1999: ''La Refondation du monde'', Seuil, *2001: ''Le Principe d'humanité'', Seuil, , *2002: ''L'Esprit du lieu'', Arléa *2003: ''Le Goût de l'avenir'', Seuil, *2005: ''La force de conviction : à quoi pouvons-nous croire ?'', Seuil, *2007: ''Comment je suis redevenu chrétien'', Seuil, *2007: ''Figures à Cordouan'' by

Pierre-Henri Simon Pierre-Henri Simon (16 January 1903, Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde – 20 September 1972) was a French intellectual, literary historian, essayist, novelist, poet, and literary critic. He won the Prix Ève Delacroix in 1963 Works Essays * Destins d ...

, preface, Le Croît Vif *2009: ''La confusion des valeurs'', *2008: ''Le Commencement d'un monde'', Seuil, *2010: ''Sont-ils morts pour rien ? : Un demi-siècle d'assassinats politiques'', with

Jean Lacouture Jean Lacouture (9 June 1921 – 16 July 2015) was a journalist, historian and author. He was particularly famous for his biographies. Career Jean Lacouture was born in Bordeaux, France. He began his career in journalism in 1950 in ''Combat'' ...

, Seuil *2011: ''La vie vivante'', Éditions Les Arènes, *2011: ''Le Goût de l'avenir'', Seuil, *2011: ''Le Deuxième Déluge'', Éditions Desclée de Brouwer, *2012: ''Une autre vie est possible'', Éditions L'iconoclaste, *2013: ''Je n'ai plus peur'', Éditions L'iconoclaste, *2016: ''Le tourment de la guerre'', Éditions L'iconoclaste

References

External links

Jean-Claude Guillebaud
on the site of ''l'Obs''

on ''Le Monde''
Jean-Claude Guillebaud
on

France Inter France Inter () is a major French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is a "generalist" station, aiming to provide a wide national audience with a full service of news and spoken-word programming, both serious and entertaining, li ...

Jean-Claude Guillebaud
on Académie d'Angoumois
Jean-Claude Guillebaud : ''Sur la guerre, nos dirigeants sont dans la grandiloquence effrayée''
on ''L'Opinion'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Guillebaud, Jean-Claude 1944 births Living people People from Algiers People of French Algeria Pieds-Noirs 20th-century French writers 21st-century French writers French Roman Catholic writers 20th-century French journalists 21st-century French journalists French war correspondents Roger Nimier Prize winners Albert Londres Prize recipients Joseph Kessel Prize recipients