Michel Tatu (April 17, 1933 – November 18, 2012) is a French journalist.[1]

Michel Tatu
Tatu interviewed in 1986
Born17 April 1933
Lyon, France
Died18 November 2012
Alma materHEC Paris
OccupationJournalist

Biography

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From 1950 to 1951, Tatu was a student at the Lycée Ampère in Lyon. From 1951 to 1954 he was a student at HEC Paris. In 1965 he studied Kremlinology at the Institute on Communist Affairs at Columbia University in New York.

From 1957 to 1964, Tatu was correspondent for the newspaper Le Monde in Moscow, then from 1966 to 1969, he was correspondent for Le Monde for Eastern Europe.[2] Until 1971 he was diplomatic editor then from 1971 to 1977, head of the Foreign department of Le Monde. From 1977 to 1980 he was correspondent for Le Monde in Washington. From 1980 to 1994 he was an editorialist for Le Monde then he was moderator first of the forum "Le Monde" on Compuserve, and finally from its opening of Monde.fr.[3]

He spoke English, German and Russian.[4]

He died on November 18, 2012, in Port-Marly, at the age of 79.[5]

Books

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  • Le Pouvoir en URSS, 1966
  • L’hérésie impossible, 1968
  • Le Triangle Washington-Moscow-Pékin et les deux Europe, 1972
  • La Bataille des euromissiles, 1983
  • Eux et nous - Les relations Est-Ouest entre deux détentes, 1985
  • Gorbatchev : L'URSS va-t-elle changer ?, 1987
  • Le Frère rouge, 1990
  • Ben Laden et le XXI, 2002
  • Le réveil du poisson-chat, 2009

References

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  1. ^ "Biographie Michel Tatu Journaliste". www.whoswho.fr.
  2. ^ "Michel Tatu". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  3. ^ "Funérailles Mémoire : Michel TATU : avis de décès". www.avis-de-deces.com.
  4. ^ "Michel Tatu, ses dernières publications dans Le Monde". Le Monde.fr.
  5. ^ "Mort de Michel Tatu, journaliste au "Monde"". November 22, 2012 – via Le Monde.