Eugène Saccomano (23 September 1936 – 7 October 2019) was a French radio journalist and non-fiction author.

Biography

Eugène Saccomano was born on 23 September 1936 in

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, southern France.Grégoire Leménager
Eugène Saccomano, le journaliste sportif qui préfère Giono à Zidane
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'', 21 January 2015 Saccomano started his career as a journalist for '' Le Provençal''. In 1959, he published ''Bandits à Marseille'', a book about thugs in Marseille.Pierre de Boishue
Saccomano : «Borsalino m’a rapporté 30 000 francs»
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'', 4 December 2007 The book was adapted into the 1970 film ''

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'' starring Alain Delon and

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. He became a radio journalist for

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in 1970. He focused on sports, especially football. In 2001, he joined RTL, another radio station. In 2012, he joined Sport365, a sports TV channel. He wrote his autobiography, ''Je refais le match'', in 2005.

Bibliography

*''Bandits à Marseille'' (Omnibus, 1959). *''Berlusconi, le dossier vérité'' (Éditions no 1, 1994). *''Goncourt 1932'' (Paris: Flammarion, 1999). *''Je refais le match'' (Paris: Plon, 2005). *''Les Stars de l'euro 2008'' (Éditions Numéro 1, 2008). *''Une romance marseillaise'' (Buchet Chastel, 2009). *''Les stars de la Coupe du Monde 2010'' (Éditions Numéro 1, 2010). *''Le roman noir des Bleus'' (Éditions de la Martinière, 2010). *''Céline coupé en deux'' (Le Castor astral, 2013).

References

1936 births 2019 deaths Knights of the Legion of Honour Mass media people from Marseille French radio journalists French sports journalists French male non-fiction writers French people of Italian descent {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub