Hubert Beuve-Méry (5 January 1902 – 6 August 1989) was a French journalist and newspaper editor who was born in Paris and died in

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. Before the

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, he was associated with the

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until December 1942, when he joined the Resistance. In 1944, he founded ''

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'' at the behest of

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. Following the liberation of France, Beuve-Méry built ''Le Monde'' from the ruins of ''

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'' by using its offices, printing presses, masthead and those staff members who had not collaborated with the Germans.

Biography

He retired his editorship in 1969 but retained an office at the ''Le Monde'' building, until his death at age 87 at his home in

, near Paris. In 2000, he was named a World Press Freedom Hero by the Vienna-based International Press Institute.

References

1902 births 1989 deaths French newspaper editors 20th-century French journalists Journalists from Paris French male non-fiction writers French Resistance members Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery French newspaper founders 20th-century French male writers {{France-journalist-stub