Michel Tatu (born April 17, 1933 in Lyon and died November 18, 2012 in Port-Marly), is a French journalist.[1]
Michel Tatu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 April 1933 |
| Died | 18 November 2012 |
| Alma mater | HEC Paris |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Biography
editFrom 1950 to 1951 he was a student at the Lycée Ampère in Lyon. From 1951 to 1954 he was a student at HEC Paris. In 1965 he studied Kremlinology at the Institute on Communist Affairs at Columbia University in New York.
From 1957 to 1964, he was correspondent for the newspaper Le Monde in Moscow, then from 1966 to 1969, he was correspondent for the newspaper Le Monde for Eastern Europe.[2] Until 1971 he was diplomatic editor then from 1971 to 1977, head of the Foreign department of the newspaper Le Monde. From 1977 to 1980 he was correspondent for the newspaper Le Monde in Washington. From 1980 to 1994 he was an editorialist for the newspaper Le Monde then he was moderator first of the forum "Le Monde" on Compuserve, and finally from its opening of Monde.fr.[3]
He speaks English, German and Russian.[4]
He died on November 18, 2012 in Port-Marly, at the age of 79.[5]
Books
edit- Le Pouvoir en URSS, 1966
- L’hérésie impossible, 1968
- Le Triangle Washington-Moscow-Pékin et les deux Europe, 1972
- La Bataille des euromissiles, 1983
- Eux et nous - Les relations Est-Ouest entre deux détentes, 1985
- Gorbatchev : L'URSS va-t-elle changer ?, 1987
- Le Frère rouge, 1990
- Ben Laden et le
XXI, 2002 - Le réveil du poisson-chat, 2009