Josyane Savigneau

Josyane Savigneau

Josyane Savigneau (born 14 July 1951) is a French journalist and writer for Le Monde .

Biography

Savigneau 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]

Bibliography

• 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

1. Amoia, Alba della Fazia; Knapp, Bettina Liebowitz (2004). Multicultural Writers Since 1945: An A-to-Z Guide. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 542. ISBN   9780313306884.
2. Pooler, Michael (10 January 2020). "Child sex scandal sparks soul-searching in France". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 March 2025.