Marcel Niedergang was born on September 14, 1922, in Évian-les-Bains, France.[1] He was raised as a Protestant.[1] He studied German at university.[1]
Careeredit
Niedergang started his career as a journalist for Réforme, a Protestant newspaper, in 1949.[2] He joined Le Monde in 1952.[1] He worked for France-Soir from 1956 to 1964.[1][2] From 1964 to 1975, he worked for Le Monde once again, covering Iberian affairs and Latin America.[2] From 1975 to 1996, he covered foreign affairs for Le Monde.[2] For example, he covered the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and the death of Salvador Allende.[1][2]
In the winter of 1999, Niedergang joined the Collectif Liberté pour l'Afghanistan, an organization lobbying for the West to stop tolerating the Talibans and "Osama bin Laden, the millionaire Saudi financier of terror".[1]
Personal lifeedit
Niedergang was married.[1] He spent much of his retirement in Peru.[1]
marcel, niedergang, 1922, 2001, french, journalist, fiction, author, bornseptember, 1922Évian, bains, francedieddecember, 2001neuilly, seine, franceoccupationjournalist, contents, early, life, career, personal, life, death, referencesearly, life, edit, born, s. Marcel Niedergang 1922 2001 was a French journalist and non fiction author Marcel NiedergangBornSeptember 14 1922Evian les Bains FranceDiedDecember 28 2001Neuilly sur Seine FranceOccupationJournalist Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Death 5 ReferencesEarly life editMarcel Niedergang was born on September 14 1922 in Evian les Bains France 1 He was raised as a Protestant 1 He studied German at university 1 Career editNiedergang started his career as a journalist for Reforme a Protestant newspaper in 1949 2 He joined Le Monde in 1952 1 He worked for France Soir from 1956 to 1964 1 2 From 1964 to 1975 he worked for Le Monde once again covering Iberian affairs and Latin America 2 From 1975 to 1996 he covered foreign affairs for Le Monde 2 For example he covered the 1973 Chilean coup d etat and the death of Salvador Allende 1 2 Niedergang was the author of several books In 1960 he published Tempete sur le Congo whose main topic was the decolonisation of the Belgian Congo 1 2 The book received the Albert Londres Prize in 1961 1 In 1962 he published Les 20 Ameriques latines a bestseller which was reedited in 1969 2 In it he argued that South America was made up of very different former Spanish and Portuguese colonies 3 He also suggested that Fidel Castro s leadership style was far more comparable to Josip Broz Tito in Yugoslavia or Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt than Nikita Khrushchev in the Soviet Union 1 In the winter of 1999 Niedergang joined the Collectif Liberte pour l Afghanistan an organization lobbying for the West to stop tolerating the Talibans and Osama bin Laden the millionaire Saudi financier of terror 1 Personal life editNiedergang was married 1 He spent much of his retirement in Peru 1 Death editNiedergang on December 28 2001 in Neuilly sur Seine near Paris France 1 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m O Shaughnessy Hugh January 9 2002 Marcel Niedergang The Independent Retrieved December 21 2015 a b c d e f g MORT DU JOURNALISTE MARCEL NIEDERGANG Liberation January 1 2002 Retrieved December 21 2015 Vagnoux Isabelle Winter 2013 Les Etats Unis et l Amerique du Sud des voisins distants Politique etrangere 4 Institut francais des relations internationales 65 76 Retrieved December 21 2015 via Cairn info Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marcel Niedergang amp oldid 1170634084, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
