Josyane Savigneau (born 14 July 1951) is a French journalist and writer for Le Monde.
Biography
editSavigneau was born in Châtellerault, France.
She became editor-in-chief of Le Monde des Livres, editorial subdivision of Le Monde (2005).
She has written three biographies – on Marguerite Yourcenar,[1] Carson McCullers, and Juliette Gréco – as well as an auto-biography.
In 2010 she came out in support of Gabriel Matzneff who received backlash for paedophile writings depicting his sexual relations with adolescents and children.[2] His book entitled The Under 16s and other works gave graphic descriptions and mentioned children as young as eight, and Savigneau dismissed the scandal as a “witch-hunt”.[2] In an interview she said “I saw him as a man who liked young women,” she said. [3]
Bibliography
edit- Marguerite Yourcenar, l'invention d'une vie, Gallimard/Folio, 1993, ISBN 2-07-038738-0
- Carson McCullers, un cœur de jeune fille, Stock, 1995, ISBN 978-2-253-14109-9
- Juliette Gréco : hommage photographique, Actes Sud, 1998, ISBN 978-2-7427-2059-0
- Un point de côté, Stock, 2008, ISBN 978-2-234-05489-9
References
edit- ↑ Amoia, Alba della Fazia; Knapp, Bettina Liebowitz (2004). Multicultural Writers Since 1945: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 542. ISBN 9780313306884.
- 1 2 Pooler, Michael (10 January 2020). "Child sex scandal sparks soul-searching in France". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ↑ "A pedophile writer is on trial in France — along with French literary and elite culture". Hartford Courant. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2026.