''L'Écho de Paris'' was a daily newspaper in
Paris
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from 1884 to 1944.
The paper's editorial stance was initially
conservative
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and
nationalistic
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, but it later became close to the
French Social Party. Its writers included
Octave Mirbeau
Octave Mirbeau (16 February 1848 – 16 February 1917) was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, whilst still appealing to the ...
,
Henri de Kérillis,
Georges Clemenceau
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,
Henry Bordeaux
Henry Bordeaux (25 January 1870 – 29 March 1963) was a French writer and lawyer.
Bordeaux came from a family of lawyers of Savoy. He was born in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie. His grandfather was a magistrate and his father served on the Chamb ...
,
François Mitterrand
François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he ...
,
Jérôme Tharaud
Jérôme Tharaud (18 May 1874, Saint-Junien, Haute-Vienne – 28 January 1953, Varengeville-sur-Mer) was a French writer. He was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1906, and was elected the fifteenth occupant of Académie française
An academy (Att ...
, and
Jean Tharaud
Jean Tharaud (9 May 1877 – 8 April 1952) was a French writer.
Tharaud was born in Saint-Junien, Haute-Vienne. As a young man, he had been secretary to Maurice Barrès. He wrote books with his brother, Jérôme Tharaud, for over 50 years. In 19 ...
. Its editors included
Franc-Nohain.
Abel Faivre provided illustrations for the publication.
The paper merged with ''Le Jour'' in 1933 and changed its name to ''Jour-Écho de Paris''.
References
Footnotes
Sources
*René de Livois, ''Histoire de la presse française'', Éditions Spes, Lausanne ; Société française du livre, Paris, 1965.
External links
* Digitized copies of ''L'Écho de Paris'
from 1884 to 1938in
Gallica, the digital library of the
BnF
1884 establishments in France
1944 establishments in France
Defunct newspapers published in France
Newspapers published in Paris
Newspapers established in 1884
Publications disestablished in 1944
Daily newspapers published in France
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