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Jean-Claude Guillebaud

1944 – 2025

French journalist

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Lived 1944 – 2025 (aged 81). Jean-Claude Guillebaud was a French journalist, writer, screenwriter and essayist.

Jean-Claude Guillebaud (21 May 1944 – 8 November 2025) was a French writer, essayist, lecturer and journalist.

Life and career A journalist at the daily Sud Ouest, then at the newspaper Le Monde and the weekly Le Nouvel Observateur, Jean-Claude Guillebaud also directed the organisation Reporters Without Borders. In 1972 he was the recipient of the Prix Albert-Londres. He was a member of the sponsorship committee of the of the culture of peace and non-violence. In 2005, Guillebaud published . He kept a weekly column on the life of the media in the television supplement of Le Nouvel Observateur before replacing Jacques Julliard as columnist at Le Nouvel Observateur from November 2010. He also kept a chronicle of observation of French society and politics in the Catholic weekly La Vie. Since June 2008, he was a member of the supervisory board of the press group Bayard Presse. In 2016, he presided the 23rd Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre.

Guillebaud died in Angoulême on 8 November 2025, at the age of 81.

Writings 1969: Chaban-Delmas ou l'art d'être heureux en politique, Éditions Grasset 1974: Les Jours terribles d'Israël, Éditions du Seuil 1976: Les Confettis de l'Empire, Seuil 1978: Les Années orphelines, 1968-1978, Seuil 1980: Un voyage vers l'Asie, Seuil 1980: Un voyage en Océanie, Seuil 1988: Le Voyage à Kéren, Arléa, Prix Roger Nimier 1993: La Colline des Anges : Retour au Viêt Nam with Raymond Depardon, Seuil 1995: La Trahison des Lumières : enquête sur le désarroi contemporain, Seuil, Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1998: La Tyrannie du plaisir, Seuil, Prix Renaudot Essai 1999: La Refondation du monde, Seuil, 2001: Le Principe d'humanité, Seuil, , 2002: L'Esprit du lieu, Arléa 2003: Le Goût de l'avenir, Seuil, 2005: La force de conviction : à quoi pouvons-nous croire ?, Seuil, 2007: Comment je suis redevenu chrétien, Seuil, 2007: Figures à Cordouan by Pierre-Henri Simon, preface, Le Croît Vif 2009: La confusion des valeurs, 2008: Le Commencement d'un monde, Seuil, 2010: Sont-ils morts pour rien ? : Un demi-siècle d'assassinats politiques, with Jean Lacouture, Seuil 2011: La vie vivante, Éditions Les Arènes, 2011: Le Goût de l'avenir, Seuil, 2011: Le Deuxième Déluge, Éditions Desclée de Brouwer, 2012: Une autre vie est possible, Éditions L'iconoclaste, 2013: Je n'ai plus peur, Éditions L'iconoclaste, 2016: Le tourment de la guerre, Éditions L'iconoclaste

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Sud-Ouest, Le Nouvel Obs, Le Monde, La Vie
Awards
Albert Londres Prize; Roger Nimier Prix; Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon; Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain; Joseph-Kessel Prize

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Jean-Claude Guillebaud?

French journalist (1944–2025)

When was Jean-Claude Guillebaud born?

Jean-Claude Guillebaud was born on 21 May 1944 in Algiers.

When did Jean-Claude Guillebaud die?

Jean-Claude Guillebaud died on 8 November 2025 in Angoulême, Montbron.

What was Jean-Claude Guillebaud's occupation?

Jean-Claude Guillebaud was a journalist, writer, screenwriter and essayist.

What nationality was Jean-Claude Guillebaud?

Jean-Claude Guillebaud was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jean-Claude Guillebaud

· Wikidata: Q616122

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