12 Facts About Jacques Julliard

Jacques Julliard was a French historian, columnist and essayist, and a union leader.

Jacques Julliard was born on 4 March 1933 in Brenod, Ain.

Jacques Julliard was admitted to the Ecole normale superieure in 1954 to study German, but changed over to History.

Jacques Julliard passed his agregation and after military service in Algeria became a secondary school teacher.

Jacques Julliard was vice president of National Union of Students of France from 1955 to 1956.

Jacques Julliard began a thesis on the trade unionist Fernand Pelloutier while contributing to the magazine Esprit.

Jacques Julliard was appointed a professor of history at the Bordeaux campus of Sciences Po in 1965.

Jacques Julliard taught at the Centre de formation des journalistes.

In 1970 Jacques Julliard was introduced to Jean Daniel by Andre Gorz.

Jacques Julliard was Director of Collection at the editions du Seuil.

In November 2010 Jacques Julliard left the Nouvel Observateur to become a columnist with the weekly Marianne, run by Maurice Szafran.

Jacques Julliard died on 8 September 2023, at the age of 90.