Josyane Savigneau

Josyane Savigneau (born 14 July 1951) is a French journalist and writer for Le Monde.

Biography

Savigneau was born in Châtellerault, France.

She became editor-in-chief of Le Monde des Livres, editorial subdivision of Le Monde (2005).

She has written three biographies – on Marguerite Yourcenar,[1] Carson McCullers, and Juliette Gréco – as well as an auto-biography.

In 2010 she came out in support of Gabriel Matzneff who received backlash for paedophile writings depicting his sexual relations with adolescents and children.[2] His book entitled The Under 16s and other works gave graphic descriptions and mentioned children as young as eight, and Savigneau dismissed the scandal as a “witch-hunt”.[2]

Bibliography

  • Marguerite Yourcenar, l'invention d'une vie, Gallimard/Folio, 1993, ISBN 2-07-038738-0
  • Carson McCullers, un cœur de jeune fille, Stock, 1995, ISBN 978-2-253-14109-9
  • Juliette Gréco : hommage photographique, Actes Sud, 1998, ISBN 978-2-7427-2059-0
  • Un point de côté, Stock, 2008, ISBN 978-2-234-05489-9

References

  1. ^ Amoia, Alba della Fazia; Knapp, Bettina Liebowitz (2004). Multicultural Writers Since 1945: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 542. ISBN 9780313306884.
  2. ^ a b Pooler, Michael (10 January 2020). "Child sex scandal sparks soul-searching in France". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.