Maurice Delarue (26 July 1919;

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, Ille-et-Vilaine, France – 10 March 2013) was a French journalist. He was a member and former president of the

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and a member of the Association of the Diplomatic Press (former president from 1962 till 1963).

Biography

Compelled to stop his studies of English in

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to enter in the Résistance, Maurice Delarue began his career as journalist in '' France Soir''. He was also a journalist for '' Le Monde'', where he covered

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matters up to his retirement.

Bibliography

* ''Contre la mémoire courte'' ( L'Âge d'Homme 1999)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Delarue, Maurice French journalists French Resistance members 1919 births 2013 deaths French male non-fiction writers