Serge July
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Serge July | |
|---|---|
 Serge July by Claude Truong-Ngoc, 2014 | |
| Born | 27 December 1942 Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist Editor Writer Director Script writer |
| Known for | Founder of Libération |
Serge July (French pronunciation: [sɛʁʒ ʒyli]; born 27 December 1942) is a French journalist, editor, founder of the daily Libération, and a prominent figure in French politics from the 1970s through the 1990s. He is the author of several books and has directed more than fifty documentaries about cinema and politics.[1] In recent times, he has been active in French organizations working in support of journalists taken hostage in Syria.[2]
Critics
[edit]In 1978, he published an article criticizing the television series Holocaust, invited Pierre Guillaume, negationist founder of the bookstore, La Vieille Taupe and supports the freedom of speech of Robert Faurisson.[3] On July 4, 1983, he was condemned by the 17th chamber of the Paris judicial tribunal, following the complaint of the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA), of having published in a "Courrier readers" of July 31, 1982, an anti-Semitic letter, accused of defamation, incitement to hatred and racial violence.[4]
Works
[edit]- (with Alain Geismar) Vers la guerre civile, 1969
- Les années Mitterrand : histoire baroque d'une normalisation inachevée, 1986
- Le salon des artistes, 1989
- Dictionnaire amoureux de New York, 2019[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Serge July A Love Letter to NYC". French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ^ "France's leftwing mouthpiece plunged into existential crisis as editor told to leave". TheGuardian.com. 14 June 2006.
- ^ "Négationnistes : Quand tombent les masques… (1/2)". 26 February 2013.
- ^ "M. Serge July est condamné pour provocation à la violence raciale". Le Monde.fr. 6 July 1983.
External links
[edit]
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| Other | |
   | This article about a French journalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |