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Pierre Assouline

Pierre Assouline

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. 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.

Personal information

Birthday

1953-04-17

Birth Place

Casablanca, Morocco

Movies and TV shows :

poster

Apostrophes

1975

8.5

TV
Le Petit Vingtième : le siècle de Tintin

Le Petit Vingtième : le siècle de Tintin

1995

6.0

Movie
Le procès Céline

Le procès Céline

2011

0.0

Movie
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes

Les vendredis d'Apostrophes

2015

6.0

Movie
Passage des arts: Renoir et la petite fille au ruban bleu

Passage des arts: Renoir et la petite fille au ruban bleu

2019

0.0

Movie
poster

Rembob'Ina

2018

0.0

TV
Simenon est Maigret

Simenon est Maigret

2023

0.0

Movie
The Clouzot Scandal

The Clouzot Scandal

2017

6.5

Movie
Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme

Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme

2012

0.0

Movie
poster

Vivement dimanche

1998

3.2

TV