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.jpg) André Fontaine (1969) | |
| Born | (1921-03-30)30 March 1921 Paris, France |
| Died | 17 March 2013(2013-03-17) (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Historian andjournalist |
André Fontaine (Paris, France; 30 March 1921 –ibidem, 17 March 2013) was aFrenchhistorian andjournalist. He started working atTemps Présent, and then was director atLe Monde in 1947,[1] at the official beginning of theCold War. He became the newspaper'seditor from 1969 to 1985, and director from 1985 to 1991. As of February 2007 he was still contributing articles to the paper. André Fontaine is famous for his historical thesis, according to which theCold War in fact started as soon as 1917 with thecordon sanitaire policy.
Fontaine died in Paris on 17 March 2013, aged 91.[2]
His father Georges Fontaine, a sales clerk, was awarded theCroix de guerre 1914–1918 (France).
André Fontaine graduated from theSociety of Mary (Marianists)Lycée Fénelon Sainte-Marie de Monceau with a licentiate in literature, and advanced degrees in public law and political economy.[3] He writes short stories while convalescing from measles. In July 1942, he submitted them to the Catholic weekly Temps présent, which was renamed Positions during the Occupation. The latter published them and, in the process, hired him as the weekly's editorial secretary, as well as brochures and small books, such as those in the “Ici la France” and “Fête et saisons” collections, co-published withÉditions du Cerf in July 1942. It was in this position thatHubert Beuve-Méry spotted him, making him one of his four “musketeers” along withJacques Fauvet, Pierre Viansson-Ponté and Bernard Lauzanne.
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