Jean Daniel

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Jean Daniel
University of Algiers
Sorbonne
OccupationJournalist
Known forFounder of Le Nouvel Observateur
SpouseMichèle Bancilhon
ChildrenSara Daniel

Jean Daniel Bensaid (21 July 1920 – 19 February 2020)

Le Nouvel Observateur
weekly now known as L'Obs.

Life and career

Daniel was born in Blida, Algeria, as the youngest of 11 children.

Philippe Leclerc.[2] Following the war, Daniel attended Sorbonne University (studying philosophy) and worked for Félix Gouin as a speechwriter.[2]

Daniel was a Jewish

Holocaust remembrance, and support for Israel. "Having trapped themselves inside these walls...," wrote Adam Shatz in describing the book, "they were less able to see themselves clearly, or to appreciate the suffering of others -- particularly the Palestinians living behind the 'separation fence'."[4]

Daniel was a member of the

think-tank
.

Journalism

In 1947 Daniel co-founded the Caliban magazine, which ran until 1951.[2] Following it closure Daniel became a teacher, until he was hired as a reporter by L'Express in 1956.[2] Daniel covered the Algerian War for L'Express; he was sympathetic to the independence cause and received death threats from the Organisation armée secrète (OAS).[2] He was interviewing Fidel Castro in Havana as news came through of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.[2] Castro said "es una mala noticia" ("this is bad news"), perceiving that he would be blamed in some quarters for the assassination.[2] Kennedy had given Daniel a message to pass to Castro, which said that the U.S. could respect a "nationalist, even communist" government of Cuba, but could not relate to a country that was "indentured" to the Soviet Union.[2]

He co-founded the French magazine Le Nouvel Observateur in 1964,

L'Obs
.

Published works

Books

  • The Jewish Prison: a Rebellious Meditation on the State of Judaism translated into English by Charlotte Mandell, 2005, Melville House Publishing, USA

Articles

References

  1. ^ "Jean Daniel est mort" (in French). Le Nouvel Obs. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Jean Daniel obituary". The Times. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  3. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  4. ^ Shatz, Adam (5 April 2012) "Nothing He Hasn't Done, Nowhere He Hasn't Been." London Review of Books; page 15.
  5. ISBN 978-1-4411-7760-5
    . Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ISBN 978-0-521-58061-8
    . Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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