Louis Pauwels, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Pauwels

French journalist

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1920

Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium

Date of Death: 28-Jan-1997

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Louis Pauwels (French: [pov?ls]; Dutch: ['p?u??ls]; 2 August 1920 – 28 January 1997) was a French journalist and writer. Born in Ghent, Belgium, he wrote in many monthly literary French magazines as early as 1946 (including Esprit and Variété) until the 1950s.
He participated in the foundation of Travail et Culture (Work and Culture) in 1946 (intended to spread culture to the masses, and of which he was the secretary).
In 1948, he joined the work groups of G.
I.
Gurdjieff for 15 months, until he became editor in chief of Combat in 1949 and editor of the newspaper Paris-Presse.
He directed (among others) the Bibliothèque Mondiale (Worldwide Library) (the precursor of "Livre de Poche" ["Pocket Books"]), Carrefour (Intersection), the monthly women's Marie Claire and the magazine Arts et Culture in 1952.