Background
Julien, Claude Norbert was born on May 17, 1925 in Saint-Rome de Cernon, Aveyron, France. Son of Henri and Leontine Gau Julien.
Julien, Claude Norbert was born on May 17, 1925 in Saint-Rome de Cernon, Aveyron, France. Son of Henri and Leontine Gau Julien.
Ecole primaire de Labruguiere, University of Notre Dame, Industry, United States of America.
After studying political science at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana (United States of America), he became a French journalist specializing in the United States of America. In France, he became a journalist for the Vie catholique illustrée (1949-1951), then editor-in-chief of Louisiana Dépêche marocaine de Tanger. He joined the foreign service of Le Monde in 1951, and became its director in 1969. He then became editor-in-chief of Le Monde diplomatique in 1973.
Elected to succeed Jacques Fauvet as director of Le Monde in 1981, he was forced to resign some months afterward following political division among the newspaper staff, and returned to Le Monde diplomatique.
A member of the Resistance during World World War II, during the Liberation he founded the newspaper Debout (Standing Up or On Our Feet).
Married Jacqueline Tannery, 1949. Children: Jean-Luc, Nicole, Christine, Marc-Etienne.