Algerian-born journalist of a Jewish family, born Jean Daniel Bensaïd, who founded the French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur in 1964 and edited it for decades. A friend of Albert Camus, he was one of the most influential journalists in postwar France.
Journalist and editor · 1920–2020
Algerian-born journalist of a Jewish family, born Jean Daniel Bensaïd, who founded the French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur in 1964 and edited it for decades. A friend of Albert Camus, he was one of the most influential journalists in postwar France.
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