Jean-Paul Mari
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Jean-Paul Mari is an award-winning French author and journalist. He was born in 1950 in Algiers
, leaving his birthplace at the age of 11. He studied psychology and worked as a physiotherapist at a hospital in Toulouse
. He has since done stints as a radio host, radio reporter and print journalist. Since 1985, he has been attached with Le Nouvel Observateur
.
As a war correspondent
, Mari has published hundreds of stories covering the world, including conflicts in more than three dozen countries. His first book was L’homme qui survécut, published in 1989. He has since published several more volumes of reportage and released a documentary Irak, quand les soldats meurent (2006).
His awards include:
His most recent book Sans blessures apparentes, published in 2008 won the Grand Prix des Lectrices Elle 2009 and the Prix 3ème Assises du journalisme. A film made in 2010 from this book won the Grand Prix et le Prix du Public at the FIGRA, Festival International du Grand Reportage d’Actualité.
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
, leaving his birthplace at the age of 11. He studied psychology and worked as a physiotherapist at a hospital in Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
. He has since done stints as a radio host, radio reporter and print journalist. Since 1985, he has been attached with Le Nouvel Observateur
Le Nouvel Observateur
Le Nouvel Observateur is a weekly French newsmagazine. Based in Paris, it is the most prominent French general information magazine in terms of audience and circulation ....
.
As a war correspondent
War correspondent
A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories firsthand from a war zone. In the 19th century they were also called Special Correspondents.-Methods:...
, Mari has published hundreds of stories covering the world, including conflicts in more than three dozen countries. His first book was L’homme qui survécut, published in 1989. He has since published several more volumes of reportage and released a documentary Irak, quand les soldats meurent (2006).
His awards include:
- Prix Albert Londres (1987).
- Prix des Organisations Humanitaires Agena (1989)
- Prix Bayeux des Correspondants de guerre
- Prix Louis Hachette 2001
- Prix MéditerranéePrix MéditerranéeThe Prix Méditerranée is a French literary award. It was created in 1984 in Perpignan by the Mediterranean Centre of Literature in order to promote cultural interaction among the numerous countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea...
2002 for his book on the Algerian civil warAlgerian Civil WarThe Algerian Civil War was an armed conflict between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups which began in 1991. It is estimated to have cost between 150,000 and 200,000 lives, in a population of about 25,010,000 in 1990 and 31,193,917 in 2000.More than 70 journalists were...
of the 1990s, Il faut abattre la lune. The book was later republished under the title La nuit algérienne.
His most recent book Sans blessures apparentes, published in 2008 won the Grand Prix des Lectrices Elle 2009 and the Prix 3ème Assises du journalisme. A film made in 2010 from this book won the Grand Prix et le Prix du Public at the FIGRA, Festival International du Grand Reportage d’Actualité.