Jean Daniel
Birthday
1920/07/21
Day of death
2020/02/19 (99 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Blida, Algeria
Also know as
Jean Daniel Bensaïd
Biography
Jean Daniel Bensaid (21 July 1920 – 19 February 2020) was a French journalist and author. He was the founder and executive editor of Le Nouvel Observateur weekly now known as L'Obs. Daniel was born in Blida, Algeria, as the youngest of 11 children. His father, Jules Bensaid, was a flour miller. Jean Daniel attended the University of Algiers before the Second World War. During the war, he was part of a resistance group that aided the liberation of Algiers, and he participated in the Normandy lan...Read more
Acting
(1959) Stop the Massacre
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(1963) The Trip to Biarritz
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(1965) Rope Around the Neck
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(2011) François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996
as Self
(1999) Albert Camus, la tragédie du bonheur
as Narration (Voice)
(2010) Amour de vivre
as Self - Writer and Journalist
(2020) The Lives of Albert Camus
as Self (archive footage)
(2011) Manifesto of the 121
as Self
(1975) Apostrophes
as Self
(1998) Vivement dimanche
as Self