Jean Lacouture is a director and writer, known for Leclerc le libérateur (1994), In the Year of the Pig (1968) and La république est morte à Diên Biên Phu (1974).
Famous journalist at 'Le Monde',apart from political articles, he was also a sports reporter for them on rugby. He became a respected biographer of Charles de Gaulle, François Mitterrand,François Mauriac and others and in total he wrote 71 books. He founded and managed at Seuil editors in Paris 2 collections: 'L'histoire immédiate" and "La Traversée du siècle".