François Maspero
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François Maspero (19 January 1932, in Paris – 11 April 2015, in Paris)[1] was a French author and journalist, best known as a publisher of leftist books in the 1970s. He also worked as a translator, translating the works of Joseph Conrad, Mehdi Ben Barka, and John Reed, author of Ten Days that Shook the World, among others.[2] He was awarded the Prix Décembre in 1990 for Les Passagers du Roissy-Express.
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Born | (1932-01-19)19 January 1932 |
Died | 11 April 2015(2015-04-11) (aged 83) |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Author, journalist |
Political party | French Communist Party[citation needed] |
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