Léo Sauvage

Leo Sauvage (né Léopold Smotriez; February 23, 1913 – October 30, 1988) However, some citations state his place of birth as Nancy, France. He was Jewish.

In 1948, Sauvage moved to the United States to work as a correspondent for Agence France Presse. He was a foreign correspondent for that newspaper until 1975 when he resigned to become drama critic for The New Leader. In 1966 his book The Oswald Affair was among a wave of books that year to undermine public confidence in the Warren Report. He penned the introduction to Accessories After the Fact (1967) by fellow Warren Commission critic Sylvia Meagher. In 1976 he was interviewed for the French documentary "Le Mystere Kennedy" (trans. "The Kennedy Mystery").

In 1973 he published Che Guevara: The Failure of a Revolutionary, a critical biography of Che. His book Les Américans (1983), an examination of American culture, became a bestseller in France.

In 1988 Leo Sauvage died of a heart attack in his Manhattan apartment. He was 75. He was survived by his wife Barbara Suchowolska, and their three children.

Sauvage was paid tribute to by the French minister for culture, Jack Lang, who sent a telegram to Sauvage's eldest son Pierre, remarking that he was "a man of talent and courage, he embodied the honor of great journalism".