Pierre Assouline, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pierre Assouline

French author and journalist

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1953

Place of Birth: Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco

Profession: writer, biographer, journalist, literary critic

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Pierre Assouline (born 17 April 1953) is a writer and journalist.
He was born in Casablanca, Morocco.
He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for radio. As a biographer, he has covered a diverse and eclectic range of subjects, including: Henri Cartier-Bresson, the legendary photographer Marcel Dassault, the aeronautics pioneer Gaston Gallimard, the publisher Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the art dealer Georges Simenon, the detective novelist and creator of Inspector MaigretSeveral of these books have been translated into English and the Henri Cartier-Bresson biography has been translated into Chinese. As a journalist, Assouline has worked for the leading French publications Lire and Le Nouvel Observateur.
He also publishes a blog, “La république des livres.” WikipediaAssouline was the editor of La Révolution Wikipédia, a collection of essays by postgraduate journalism students under his supervision.
Assouline contributed the preface.On 7 January 2007, Assouline published a blog post criticizing the Wikipedia entry on the Dreyfus Affair.