Yvonne Baby
Born(1931-08-18)18 August 1931
Le Touquet, France
Died3 August 2022(2022-08-03) (aged 90)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Journalist, novelist

Yvonne Baby (18 August 1931 – 3 August 2022) was a French journalist, novelist, and critic.[1]

Life and career

Yvonne was the daughter of historian and political activist Jean Baby [fr] and Ruta Assia, and the stepdaughter of writer and film historian Georges Sadoul.[2]

A journalist and writer, Baby directed the cultural service of the newspaper Le Monde from 1970 to 1985, after which she became a film critic.[3] In 1975, she traveled to Copenhagen to interview Paul Pavlowitch on the mystery of Émile Ajar. She was vice-president of the jury of the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.

Yvonne Baby died on 3 August 2022, at the age of 90.[1]

Works

References

  1. ^ a b Lindon, Mathieu (3 August 2022). "Mort de la journaliste Yvonne Baby, figure du monde culturel". Libération (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Lettre du 12 mars 1948 à sa Mère". Histoire de la famille Sadoul (in French).
  3. ^ Baby, Yvonne (1929–....) (in French). ((cite book)): |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Ces hommes splendides". Le blog de Serge Toubiana (in French). Archived from the original on 17 November 2008.


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