André Gillois

Maurice DiamantBerger 8 February 1902 18 June 2004 known as André Gillois was a French writer radio pioneer and during the Second World War general Charles de Gaulles spokesman in London Before the war he worked for the cinema with René Clair and his brother Henri as a radio journalist and producer on Le Poste Parisien with Jean Nohain meeting Georges Feydeau Edmond Rostand Henri Bergson Georges Courteline Tristan Bernard or Sacha Guitry and as an editor with François Bernouard editing Jules Renard Courteline Zola In 1940 he left Paris and spent two years in the Midi establishing the first Résistance networks and links with the British On 31 August 1942 he left from Cannes for Gibraltar at night on the sailboat Seadog then went by plane to London with Nicholas Bodington From 17 May 1943 to 24 September 1944 he was the daily presenter of Honneur et patrie the programme for the French resistance creating le Chant des partisans and announcing every day Ici Londres les Français parlent aux Français This is London the French talk to the French On 1 June 1944 he replaced Maurice Schumann as general de Gaulles spokesman After the war he dedicated himself to writing plays and novels as well as television and radio scripts In the 1950s he Emmanuel Berl and Maurice Clavel presented the radio series Qui êtesvous In 1954 Gillois created one of the first French TV gameshows Télé Match with Jacques Antoine and Pierre Bellemare and in 1958 a jury including Georges Simenon awarded him the prix du Quai des Orfèvres for his crime novel 125 rue Montmartre In 1973 AndréGillois he published La Vie secrète des Français à Londres de 1940 à 1944 and in 1980 his memoirs were published as Ce siècle avait deux ans He died in Paris in 2004 and is buried at Passy cemetery He was the son of Dr Mayer Saül DiamantBerger and Jenny Birman and his brother was Henri DiamantBerger He married Suzon Source Article André Gillois from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30