Pen name Francois Darras Role Journalist Name Jean-Francois Kahn | Nationality French Occupation Journalist Relatives Axel Kahn | |
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Born June 12, 1938 (age 85)
Viroflay, France ( 1938-06-12 ) | ||
JEAN FRANCOIS KAHN sur EUROPE 1 en 1970 RADIOS RETRO ANNÉES 50 à 80
Jean-François Kahn (born 12 June 1938) is a French journalist and essayist.
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Life and career
Born in Viroflay, Yvelines, he is the brother of scientist Axel Kahn, and son of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. Having obtained a degree in history, he started work at a postal sorting office, then at a printing works. He soon moved into journalism and was sent to cover the war in Algeria, undertaking the journalistic investigation that became known as the ‘Ben Barka affair’. Kahn then worked as a reporter for Paris-Press, L'Express and Europe 1. He later moved to Le Monde as special correspondent for North Africa. In 1977, he became editor of the compilation of the ‘Nouvelles Littéraires’ and in 1983, was named editor of Matin de Paris. In 1984, he created L'Événement du Jeudi then in 1997, together with Maurice Szafran, started the weekly magazine, Marianne, where he was the editor in chief until 2007. He often writes under the pseudonym of François Darras or Serge Maury.
Kahn has taken a clear position on many media subjects, including :
