Francis Marmande, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Francis Marmande

French writer

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1945

Place of Birth: Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Profession: writer, music critic, literary critic, jazz musician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Francis Marmande (born 1945) is a French author, musician and journalist for the French newspaper Le Monde since 1977.
Marmande currently serves as the director of a modern literature laboratory (Littérature au présent) at University of Paris VII: Denis Diderot.Marmande graduated in 1966 from the École Normale Supérieure in Saint-Cloud.
A jazz critic, Marmande also plays double bass and has recorded with the Jac Berrocal Group.
He was a contributor to Jazz Magazine from 1971 to 2000, which he also helped illustrate from 1976 to 1994. Since 2006, he has had a regular column in Le Monde, writing on topics such as jazz, bullfighting, and literature.