About Paul Balta
Lived 1929 – 2019 (aged 89). Paul Balta was a French writer and journalist.
Paul Balta (24 March 1929 – 27 January 2019) was a French journalist and writer.
Biography After attending Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Balta decided to become a journalist. From 1970 to 1985, Balta specialized in the Middle East and Maghreb for Le Monde.Then, from 1987 to 1994, he directed the Center for Contemporary Oriental Studies at the New Sorbonne University Paris 3.
Balta died on 27 January 2019.
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Who was Paul Balta?
French journalist and writer (1929-2019)
When was Paul Balta born?
Paul Balta was born on 24 March 1929 in Alexandria.
When did Paul Balta die?
Paul Balta died on 27 January 2019 in 20th arrondissement of Paris.
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Paul Balta was a writer and journalist.
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Paul Balta was French.
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