Pierre Béguin
Pierre Béguin (born November 19, 1903 in La Chaux-de-Fonds , † January 23, 1978 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss journalist .
Béguin was editor-in-chief of the Gazette de Lausanne and its director from 1959 to 1966. He «was one of the best editorials in French-speaking Switzerland and was strongly committed to freedom of the press». In 1950 he published a history of Switzerland in World War II entitled Le Balcon sur l'Europe . He was a leader in the TSR telecast ouverte Table . From 1963 to 1977 he was a member of the board of directors of the Swiss Dispatch Agency (from 1968 vice-president and member of the committee, from 1970 president).
Publications
- Reinhard Straumann (1892-1967). In memory. In: Swiss watchmaker newspaper. No. 10, 1969, pp. 50-55.
literature
- Le souvenir de Pierre Béguin , 1978.
- Belles-Lettres de Lausanne . Livre d'or du 175e anniversaire, 1806–1981, Société de Belles Lettres, Lausanne 1981, 476.
Web links
- Publications by and about Pierre Béguin in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Pierre Béguin in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Bollinger: Béguin, Pierre. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Béguin, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1978 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |