Pierre Assouline
Writing
- Born
- April 17, 1953 (age 73) · Casablanca, Morocco
Pierre Assouline (born 17 April 1953) is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Jewish family. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for radio.
As a biographer, he has covered a diverse and eclectic range of subjects, including: Henri Cartier-Bresson, the legendary photographer; Marcel Dassault, the aeronautics pioneer; Gaston Gallimard, the publisher; Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin; Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the art dealer; Georges Simenon, the detective novelist and creator of Inspector Maigret.
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Several of these books have been translated into English and the Henri Cartier-Bresson biography has been translated into Chinese.
As a journalist, Assouline has worked for the leading French publications Lire and Le Nouvel Observateur. He also publishes a blog, "La république des livres".
Assouline was the editor of La Révolution Wikipédia, a collection of essays by postgraduate journalism students under his supervision. Assouline contributed the preface.
On 7 January 2007, Assouline published a blog post criticizing the Wikipedia entry on the Dreyfus Affair.
Source: Article "Pierre Assouline" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Behind the camera8
- 2024De Gaulle vs Churchill : Mémoires de guerre, guerre des mémoires Director, Author
- 2016The Lévi-Strauss Century Director, Writer
- 2015Les vendredis d'Apostrophes Director
- 2012Le Siècle de Cartier-Bresson Director
- 1999Vanaprastham Story, Producer
- 1999L.A. Without a Map Producer
- 1996Conspirators of Pleasure Co-Producer
- TBAThe Marguerite Duras Century Director, Writer
Acting7
- 2023
