Olivier Weber, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Olivier Weber

French writer

Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1958

Place of Birth: Montluçon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Profession: writer, diplomat, biographer, journalist, film director

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Olivier Weber (born 1958) is an award-winning French writer, novelist and reporter at large, known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He has been a war correspondent for twenty-five years, especially in Central Asia, Africa, Middle-East and Iraq.
He is an assistant professor at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, president of the Prize Joseph Kessel and today ambassador of France at large.
Weber has won several national and international awards of literature and journalism, in particular for his stories on Afghanistan and for his books on wars.
His novels, travels writing books and essays have been translated in a dozen of languages.