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 CartierBresson the legendary photographer Marcel Dassault the aeronautics pioneer Gaston Gallimard the publisher Hergé the creator of The Adventures of Tintin DanielHenry 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 CartierBresson 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 CCBYSA 30