Pierre Assouline

Pierre Assouline

Born: April 17, 1953
in 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.

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.

Movies for Pierre Assouline...

Simenon est Maigret
Title: Simenon est Maigret
Released: October 14, 2023
Type: Movie
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Passage des arts: Renoir et la petite fille au ruban bleu
Title: Passage des arts: Renoir et la petite fille au ruban bleu
Released: January 1, 2019
Type: Movie
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Title: Rembob'Ina
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 2018
Type: TV
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The Clouzot Scandal
Title: The Clouzot Scandal
Character: Self
Released: October 17, 2017
Type: Movie
Great filmmakers claim the artistic influence of French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907-1977), a master of suspense, with a unique vision of the world, who knew how to offer both great shows and subtle studies of characters. Beyond the myth of the tyrannical director, a contrasting portrait of a visionary, an agitator, an artist against the system.
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Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Title: Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Character: Self
Released: November 6, 2015
Type: Movie
40 years of "Apostrophes". Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts presented in the form of a primer, which he had commented on by a surprised Bernard Pivot.
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Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme
Title: Victor Hugo : la face cachée du grand homme
Character: Pierre Assouline
Released: July 10, 2012
Type: Movie
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Le procès Céline
Title: Le procès Céline
Released: October 17, 2011
Type: Movie
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Le Petit Vingtième : le siècle de Tintin
Title: Le Petit Vingtième : le siècle de Tintin
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
From the beginning, Hergé's work, Tintin's creator, was conditioned by the ideology of his publisher, the weekly child supplement of a Belgian Catholic newspaper. An exciting analysis of the political meaning of the adventures of Tintin.
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Title: Apostrophes
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1975
Type: TV
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.