Albert Londres
Albert Londres (1 November 1884 – 16 May 1932) was a French journalist and writer. One of the inventors of investigative journalism, Londres not only reported news but created it, and reported it from a personal perspective. He criticized abu ...
,
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright ...
and became passionate about adventure stories. As a journalist, in 1957 he joined the editorial staff of Radio-Luxembourg and participated in Armand Jammot's ''10 Millions d'auditeurs'', first radio magazine of the post-war period.
He was then sent to report in 1958 to follow the voyages of
to Africa, and went to countries affected by armed conflicts, civil wars or revolutions, notably in India, the Middle East, and Algeria. He covered the
Algerian war
The Algerian War (also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence) ''; '' (and sometimes in Algeria as the ''War of 1 November'') was an armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (Algeri ...
and obtained the
Albert Londres Prize
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 awarded ...
France
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'' in 1962, imposing himself as one of the great signatures of journalism. In 1967, he led the first edition of ' on the second channel of the ORTF, a program that will host other presenters during its 24 years of broadcasting. He decided from 1968 to stop his activity as reporter to dedicate himself to a career of writer. In particular, he published novels and biographies of emblematic personalities from the first half of the twentieth century such as
Roger Vailland
Roger Vailland (; 16 October 1907 – 12 May 1965) was a French novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.
Biography
Vailland was born in Acy-en-Multien, Oise. His novels include the prize winning ''Drôle de jeu'' (1945), ''Les mauvais coups'' (194 ...
or
Pierre Lazareff
Pierre Lazareff (1907–1972) was a French newspaper editor and publisher.
He was the son of a Russian Jewish emigrant, David Lazareff, and an Alsatian Jew, Marthe Helft.
He was passionate about newspapers from his childhood, even running a fam ...
.
In September 1971, he created the weekly magazine ' of which he took the direction, the magazine was published by
, the last issue was published in January 1974.
In 1972, along director , he realized the first documentary devoted to the war in Algeria. This film is considered the reference on this conflict.
Meeting with Roger Vailland
Courrière met
Roger Vailland
Roger Vailland (; 16 October 1907 – 12 May 1965) was a French novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.
Biography
Vailland was born in Acy-en-Multien, Oise. His novels include the prize winning ''Drôle de jeu'' (1945), ''Les mauvais coups'' (194 ...
for his novel '' The Law'' in December 1957.Article by Yves Courrière published in the magazine ''Le Croquant'' December 1987 intitled ''Rencontres avec Roger Vailland'' Roger Vailland was still under the spell of the break with "his communist season" where he felt "like dead" he wrote in his ''Écrits intimes''. To get him out of the depression into which he was falling, his wife Elisabeth took him to his country, Italy, in the
Apulia
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, that hard region, with the crystallized relations he describes so well in his novel.
They saw themselves episodically, too caught up in their activities as great reporters. In the spring of 1961, they met in Jerusalem to cover the
Paris-Soir
''Paris-soir'' () was a French newspaper founded in 1923 and published until 1944 when it was banned for having been a collaborationist newspaper during the war.
Publication history
The first issue of ''Paris-soir'' came out on 4 October 1923 ...
'' and who became for Courrière an exemplary man of which he will write a very documented biography like that which he devoted to Roger Vailland in 1991.
Fayard
Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.
In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayar ...
Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003, it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles.
Founded by G ...
Le Parisien
''Le Parisien'' (; ) is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris
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