Yann de L'Écotais
Yann de L'Écotais (born November 14, 1940 in Marseille , † October 23, 2008 in Paris ) was a French journalist and writer .
biography
After studying with a diploma at ESSEC , he joined the AFP press agency in 1963 . In 1965 he became the European correspondent for AFP in Brussels . In 1973 he switched to the daily newspaper Le Figaro , where he became editor-in-chief for economics and social issues in 1975. In 1977 he became editor-in-chief at Radio Monte Carlo . In 1978 he became editor-in-chief at L'Express . In the early 1990s, the paper got into economic turmoil, ownership changed to British financier Jimmy Goldsmith and from there to Pierre Suard , the general manager of Alcatel . The editorial team was under a lot of pressure; De L'Écotais campaigned for editorial independence in this situation, but had to leave the newspaper in 1994.
After that he worked as a freelance writer, continued to write about politics and also turned to novel writing. He wrote, among other things, a great historical novel, Les mémoires de Porthos , and a three-volume family saga set in Marseille, Le vieux port .
Yann de L'Écotais died of lung cancer on October 23, 2008 .
Works
- Essays on politics and economics
- L'Europe sabotée , 1975
- Naissance d'une nation , 1990
- L'Urgence: le chômage n'est pas une fatalité , 1993
- La Seccotine est irremplaçable , 1999
- Car nous vivrons toujours ensemble , published in 2008 by éditions Ecriture.
- L'Europe racontée en famille , together with his daughter Muriel de l'Écotais. Paris: Plon 2008
- Novels
- Les Herbes de Provence , Paris 1996: Flammarion, ISBN 978-2080674173
- Dernière chance , Paris 1998: Flammarion, ISBN 978-2080675903
- Gène de la violence , 1998: Éditions Hors Commerce, ISBN 978-2910599256
- Mortelles Cliniques , 1999: Hors Commerce, ISBN 978-2910599485
- Politique rouge sang , Paris 2002: Plon, ISBN 978-2259196536
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Le vieux port Paris 2002: Collection Pocket
- Volume 1: ISBN 978-2266108638
- Volume 2: Notre dame de la garde , ISBN 978-2266108645
- Volume 3: Avenue du prado , ISBN 978-2266108652
- Les mémoires de Porthos , Paris 2006: Plon, ISBN 978-2259202282
swell
- Jacques Buob: Yann de L'Écotais , Le Monde , October 28, 2008, p. 19
Notes and individual evidence
- ↑ chef du service économique et social
- ↑ The book is not out of print, the publisher is called like this: see
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | L'Écotais, Yann de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 2008 |
| Place of death | Paris |