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Pierre Assouline
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, an…
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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.
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2023
Simenon est Maigret
Movie Self
- 2019
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2018
Rembob'Ina
TV show Self
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2017
The Clouzot Scandal
Movie Self
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2016
The Lévi-Strauss Century
Movie Director
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2015
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Movie Self
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2012
Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme
Movie Pierre Assouline
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2012
Le Siècle de Cartier-Bresson
Movie Director
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2011
Le procès Céline
Movie
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1999
Vanaprastham
Movie Story
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1999
L.A. Without a Map
Movie Producer
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1998
Vivement dimanche
TV show Self
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1996
Conspirators of Pleasure
Movie Co-Producer
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1995
Le Petit Vingtième : le siècle de Tintin
Movie Self
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1975
Apostrophes
TV show Self
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The Marguerite Duras Century
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