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Jacques Duquesne, (born on March 18, 1930 in Dunkirk and died July 5, 2023 in Paris) was a French journalist and writer.




Biography


Born in Dunkirk in 1930, Jacques Duquesne was marked by the battle fought around the town and port during the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (World War II) in May–June 1940, a battle he has written about many times in his books.
He studied at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and became involved with the Jeunesse Étudiante Chrétienne (JEC). General Secretary of the Association Catholique de la Jeunesse Française in 1954, he was elected President of the Conseil de la Jeunesse de l'Union Française in October 1955, which led him to travel extensively in the former African colonies.
First working for La Croix as a reporter (1957–1964), he landed in Algeria for his first reports just after the famous Battle of Algiers (1956–1957). He published articles denouncing torture during the Algerian War. He then contributed to Panorama chrétien (1964–1970) and L'Express (1967–1971). In 1972, he helped found Le Point magazine, before becoming its editor-in-chief (1974–1977). He then became managing director of the La Vie publications group (1977–1979).
In 1987, he acted as a journalistic guarantor for the Bouygues group when privatized TF1.
He returned to Le Point, where he became chairman and CEO (1985–1990). Finally, in 1997, he became Chairman of the Supervisory Board of L'Express. He chairs the Association pour le soutien des principes de la démocratie humaniste, which oversees the entire Groupe Sipa – Ouest-France group.
He has written several novels and numerous essays, some on religious themes.
From 1991 to 2016, he was president of Bateau Feu, Dunkirk's national stage.
In 2004, in an essay, he opposed a possible dogmatic definition of Mary Coredemptrix, following the position of the Second Vatican Council.
He died on July 5, 2023 at the age of 93 in his Paris apartment. He was buried on July 13 in the Montparnasse cemetery (division 3) in Paris, after a funeral service at the Saint-Séverin church.




Publications


1958 : L'Algérie ou la guerre des mythes
1961 : Sujet ou citoyen
1963 : Les 16–24 ans
1965 : Les Prêtres
1966 : Les Catholiques français sous l'Occupation
1968 : Demain une Église sans prêtres ?
1970 : Dieu pour l'homme d'aujourd'hui
1972 : La Gauche du Christ
1973 : Les 13–16 ans, Montyon Prize in 1974 by Académie Française
1976 : Le Cas Jean-Pierre: l'affaire de Bruay, preface of Me Georges Pinet, supply (economics)
1977 : Le Dieu de Jésus
1977 : La Grande Triche
1979 : Une voix, la nuit
1981 : La Rumeur de la ville
1983 : Maria Vandamme, Prix Interallié
1985 : Saint Éloi
1985 : Alice van Meulen
1986 : Les Catholiques français sous l'occupation
1988 : Au début d'un bel été
1989 : Les vents du nord m'ont dit
1990 : Catherine Courage
1992 : Jean Bart
1994 : Laura C.
1994 : Jésus
1996 : Théo et Marie
1997 : Le Dieu de Jésus
1998 : L'Exposition universelle de 1900 (preface)
1998 : Le Bonheur en 36 vertus
1999 : Dieu expliqué à mes petits enfants
2000 : Les Années Jean Paul II
2000 : Aline (Les héritières tome 1)
2000 : Aurélie (Les héritières tome 2)
2001 : Céline (Les héritières tome 3)
2001 : Pour comprendre la guerre d'Algérie
2002 : Et pourtant nous étions heureux
2004 : Marie, mère de Jésus
2004 : L'Histoire de l'Église : à travers 100 chefs-d'œuvre de la peinture (preface)
2005 : Dieu, malgré tout
2007 : Judas, le deuxième jour
2007 : Yvonne-Aimée n'a pas son âge
2009 : Le Diable, Plon
2012 : Le Mal d'Algérie, Plon
2012 : Carnets secrets de la guerre d'Algérie, Bayard
2014 : Saint François
2016 : Histoires vraies : une vie de journaliste, Albin Michel
2017 : Dunkerque 1940, une tragédie française, Flammarion




Filmography


1989 : Maria Vandamme, (7 d'Or of best author)
1993 : Catherine Courage
1999 : Jésus
2002 : La Rafle du Vel d'Hiv (documentary co-written by Gilles Nadeau)




References






Sources


Cyran, Olivier; Ba, Mehdi (2005). Almanach critique des médias. Édition des Arènes. p. 240.
Henning, Christophe (2023b). "Mort de Jacques Duquesnes, humaniste et engagé". La Croix.
De Larminat, Astrid (2023-07-07). "Jacques Duquesne, journaliste et écrivain" (PDF). Le Figaro: 15.
Henning, Christophe (2023a). "Mort de l'humaniste Jacques Duquesne". La Croix (in French): 19.
Pèrelin. "Polémique autour du « Marie » de Duquesne". Le Pèlerin.
Landru, Philippe (2013-10-07). "Montparnasse (75) : tombeaux remarquables de la 3ème division". Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs.

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