Pierre Veilletet

Pierre Veilletet (2 October 1943 – 8 January 2013) was a French journalist and writer.

Early life and education Pierre Veilletet was born on 2 October 1943 in Momuy (Landes).

Career From 1968 to 2000, Veilletet worked for the daily French newspaper Sud Ouest, and became their chief reporter in 1973. In 1976 he got France's highest journalism award–the prix Albert-Londres.

He edited the Sunday edition of Sud Ouest from 1979 to 1989, then became editor-in-chief of Sud Ouest until 2000. He also participated in the 1979 launch of a magazine about bullfighting, a subject he was passionate about, Les Cahiers de la corrida.

Veilletet was president of Reporters Without Borders and has been a member of its board of directors since its inception. He was re-elected in 2007 for a two-year term and on September 30, 2009, Dominique Gerbaud was elected to succeed him. Veilletet has published several editorials articles and portraits–including French journalists , , Philippe Tesson, and Denis Jeambar)–in the magazine Médias. In 2008, he was one of the signatories of the "Appel en faveur d’une charte et d’une instance pour l’éthique et la qualité de l’information" (Call for a charter and a body for ethics and quality of information).

He has written several novels, mostly published by Éditions Arléa, which he co-founded along with Catherine and Jean-Claude Guillebaud.

Other activities In 2003, Veilletet was on the jury of the European Short Film Festival of Bordeaux.

Death Veilletet died on 8 January 2013.

Works 1986: La Pension des nonnes (prix François-Mauriac), Arléa 1988: Mari-Barbola (prix Jacques-Chardonne) 1989: Bords d’eaux, prix Jean-Jacques-Rousseau 1991: Querencia & autres lieux sûrs, Arléa, prix Maurice Genevoix (1992) 1992: Plain-chant, pleine page, with , Arléa L'Entrepôt Lainé à Bordeaux : Valote et Pistre, photographs by Georges Fessy, Éditions du Demi-cercle 1993: Cœur de père, Arléa 1996: D’amour et de mort, with Martine Mougin, Aubéron 1997: Le vin, leçon de choses, Arléa 1998: Mots et merveilles, Arléa Le Cadeau du moine, Arléa 2002: Le Prix du sang, Arléa 2005: Aficion, photographs by Michel Dieuzaide, Cairn 2013: Oui j'ai connu des jours de grâce, Arléa