François Maspero, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

François Maspero

French novelist, journalist, publisher, translator

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1932

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 11-Apr-2015

Profession: writer, businessperson, translator, journalist, publisher, novelist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

François Maspero (19 January 1932, Paris – 11 April 2015, Paris) was a French author and journalist, best known as a publisher of leftist books in the 1970s.
He has also worked as a translator, translating the works of Joseph Conrad and John Reed, author of Ten Days that Shook the World, among others.
He was awarded the Prix Décembre in 1990 for Les Passagers du Roissy-Express.