Luc Le Vaillant (born 1958,

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) is a French journalist. Since 2000, he runs the "Portrait" section of the daily '' Libération''.

Biography

The son of a general practitioner and a mother professor of Italian and French, he is the eldest of a family of six children. He spent his childhood at

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where he became passionate about

sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...

, leading him to frequent the French Olympic team.Delphine Le Goff
« Luc Le Vaillant, dandy libertaire »
on ', 18 October 2012Gwénaëlle Loaëc
« Luc Le Vaillant : tireur d’élites »
on '' Bretons (magazine)'', 1 June 2009 After studying philosophy at

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and the

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, he graduated from the of Paris in 1984, and began his career in sailing magazines. He was director of the French Committee for the America's Cup presided by

Jean Glavany Jean Glavany (born 14 May 1949 in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French politician, member of the Socialist Party (PS) and former Minister. From 1981 to 1988, he was head of cabinet of President François Mitterrand (PS). He was then Minister o ...

and then joined the cabinet of

Louis Le Pensec Louis Le Pensec (born 8 January 1937, in Mellac, Finistère) is a French politician. He is a member of the Socialist Party. Between 1973 and 1997, he was a member of the Parliament. Since 27 September 1998, he is a Senator of Finistère. Fr ...

, Minister of the DOM-TOM, to write his speeches. In 1990, Luc Le Vaillant joined the sports department of ''Libération'' and in 1995 the "Portrait" section of which he became responsible five years later. Since January 2013, he has been holding a column entitled "Ré / jouissances" every Tuesday. In 1998, he received the Albert Londres Prize in the press category.Prix Albert-Londres pour ''Libération''. Deuxième prix pour le journal en deux ans
sur ''Libération'', 20 mai 1998.

Prizes and awards

* 1997: Prix Mumm * 1998:

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 ...

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