Laurent Joffrin
Laurent Joffrin (born 30 June 1952) is a French journalist and the editor of the newspaper Libération.
Laurent Joffrin
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- Name
- Laurent Joffrin
- Birth Name
- Laurent Mouchard
- Born
- 30 June 1952
- Birthplace
- Vincennes, France
- Known for
- Editor-in-chief Libération
- Education
- Sciences Po Centre de formation des journalistes
- Occupation
- Journalist
- Nationality
- France
- Honours
- Prix du livre politique
- Languages
- French
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Laurent Joffrin studied at Sciences Po, Collège Stanislas de Paris and Centre de formation des journalistes. The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with Libération, Le Nouvel Obs and Agence France-Presse. Positions recorded include publication manager and managing editor. Distinctions recorded are Prix du livre politique.
Laurent Joffrin during the forum Vive la politique of French daily newspaper Libération, on 15 september 2007.
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Laurent Joffrin speaking at the Forun Libération 2008
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• Name — Laurent Joffrin • Birth Name — Laurent Mouchard • Born — 30 June 1952 • Birthplace — Vincennes, France • Employer — Libération (1981-1988, 1996-) L'Obs (1988-1996) • Known for — Editor-in-chief Libération • Education — Sciences Po Centre de formation des journalistes • Occupation — Journalist
Selected publications
• Illustration — Joffrin in 2010 • La Gauche en voie de disparition, Éditions du Seuil, 1984 • Coluche, c'est l'histoire d'un mec, with Serge July and Jacques Lanzmann, Solar, 1986 • Un coup de jeune, portrait d'une génération morale, Arléa, 1987 • Mai 68, une histoire du mouvement, Seuil, 1988; rééd. Points Histoire, series "Document", 2008 • Cabu en Amérique, with Jean-Claude Guillebaud, Seuil, 1990 • La Régression française, Seuil, 1992 • La Gauche retrouvée, Seuil, 1994 • Yougoslavie, suicide d'une nation, Mille et Une Nuits, 1995 • Kosovo, la guerre du droit, followed by Yougoslavie, suicide d'une nation, Mille et Une Nuits, 1999 • Où est passée l'autorité?, with Philippe Tesson, NiL Éditions, 2000 • Les Batailles de Napoléon, Seuil, 2000 • Le Gouvernement invisible, naissance d'une démocratie sans le peuple, Arléa, 2001 • La Princesse oubliée, novel, Éditions Robert Laffont, 2002 • C'était nous, novel, Robert Laffont, 2004 • Les Grandes batailles navales, de Salamine à Midway, Seuil, 2005 • Histoire de la gauche caviar, Robert Laffont, 2006 • La Gauche bécassine, Robert Laffont, 2007 • Le Roi est nu, Robert Laffont, 2008 • Média-paranoïa, Seuil, 2009 • La Grande histoire des codes secrets, Privé, May 2009 • L'Énigme de la rue Saint Nicaise – Les aventures de Donatien Lachance, détective de Napoléon, Robert Laffont, 2010 • Les Énigmes Kennedy, Omnibus, 2011 • Le Grand Complot, Laffont, 2013 • Le Réveil français, Stock, 2015
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