Pierre Veilletet (2 October 1943 in Momuy (Landes) – 8 January 2013) was a French journalist and writer.

Biography

From 1968 to 2000, Veilletet worked for the daily French newspaper '' Sud Ouest'', and became their chief reporter in 1973. In 1976 he got France's highest journalism award–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 edited the Sunday edition of ''Sud Ouest'' from 1979 to 1989, then became editor-in-chief of ''Sud Ouest'' until 2000. He also participated in the 1979 launch of a magazine about bullfighting, a subject he was passionate about, ''Les Cahiers de la corrida''. Pierre Veilletet was president of Reporters Without Borders and has been a member of its board of directors since its inception. He was re-elected in 2007 for a two-year term and on September 30, 2009, Dominique Gerbaud was elected to succeed him. Veilletet has published several editorials articles and portraits–including French journalists , , , and Denis Jeambar)–in the magazine ''Médias''. In 2008, he was one of the signatories of the "Appel en faveur d’une charte et d’une instance pour l’éthique et la qualité de l’information" (Call for a charter and a body for ethics and quality of information).« Appel en faveur d’une charte et d’une instance pour l’éthique et la qualité de l’information »
APCP (Association de préfiguration d'un conseil de presse en France) He has written several novels, mostly published by Éditions

Arléa Arléa is a French publishing house created in 1986. Arléa publishes thirty new titles each year, including pocket ones. His catalog contains more than a thousand titles: the great classics of Antiquity (whether Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Sanskrit or ...

which he cofounded along with Catherine and

Jean-Claude Guillebaud Jean-Claude Guillebaud (born 21 May 1944 in Algiers) is a French writer, essayist, lecturer and journalist. Biography A journalist at the daily '' Sud Ouest'', then at the newspaper ''Le Monde'' and the weekly ''Le Nouvel Observateur'', Jean-C ...

Works

* 1986: ''La Pension des nonnes'' (prix François-Mauriac), Arléa * 1988: ''Mari-Barbola'' ( prix Jacques-Chardonne) * 1989: ''Bords d’eaux'', prix Jean-Jacques-Rousseau * 1991: ''Querencia & autres lieux sûrs'', Arléa,

prix Maurice Genevoix The Prix Maurice Genevoix (''Le prix Maurice Genevoix'') is an annual French literary award made in honor of its namesake Maurice Genevoix (1890–1980). It is intended to recognize a French literary work which, by its topic or style, honors the m ...

(1992) * 1992: ''Plain-chant, pleine page'', with , Arléa ** ''L’Entrepôt Lainé à Bordeaux : Valote et Pistre'', photographs by Georges Fessy, Éditions du Demi-cercle * 1993: ''Cœur de père'', Arléa * 1996: ''D’amour et de mort'', with Martine Mougin, Aubéron * 1997: ''Le vin, leçon de choses'', Arléa * 1998: ''Mots et merveilles'', Arléa ** ''Le Cadeau du moine'', Arléa * 2002: ''Le Prix du sang'', Arléa * 2005: ''Aficion'', photographs by Michel Dieuzaide, Cairn * 2013: ''Oui j'ai connu des jours de grâce'', Arléa

Festival

2003 : Jury of the

References

External links

''Disparition de Pierre Veilletet, écrivain journaliste''
on ''

Le Monde ''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...

'' (15 January 2013)
''Pierre Veilletet, mort d’un grand journaliste''
on ''

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'' (10 January 2013)
''La mort de Pierre Veilletet, grand de Bordeaux''
on ''Bibliobs'' (11 January 2013)
Pierre-Veilletet
on the site or Arléa publisher
''Pierre Veilletet : Le journaliste et écrivain est mort à 69 ans...''
on ''Pure People'' (9 January 2013)
Pierre Veilletet : ''La pension des nonnes''
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Veilletet, Pierre 1943 births People from Landes (department) 2013 deaths 20th-century French journalists 20th-century French writers 21st-century French writers Albert Londres Prize recipients