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Olivier Todd is a French journalist and author. He is a prominent Albert Camus biographer.

Background

Olivier Todd was born on June 19, 1929, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France. He is a son of Julius Oblatt Todd, an architect, and Dorothy Todd (some sources say Helen).

Education

Olivier Todd attended Sorbonne University and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Career

Olivier Todd was a teacher at the Lycee International du Shape from 1956 to 1962. From 1962 to 1964 he was a university assistant at the University of Saint-Cloud. From 1964 to 1969 Todd served as a reporter at the Nouvel Observateur (now L’Obs), an assistant editor from 1970 to 1977. From 1964 to 1969 he was a reporter at BBC. From 1969 to 1970 Olivier was an editor of the TV Programme Panorama. He was a managing editor and columnist at the L’Express until 1981.

Achievements

  • Olivier Todd is best known as the author of "Albert Camus: A Life". He has published 19 books, including biographies of André Malraux, Albert Camus and Jacques Brel alongside hundreds of articles and programmes for leading journals and television.

Works

All works

Interests

  • walking

Connections

In 1948 Olivier Todd married Anne-Marie Nizan. They divorced. In 1982 he married France Huser, a journalist. From the first marriage has two children: Emmanuel and Camille. He has a son, Samuel, with Chantal Charpentier. From his second marriage, he has a daughter, Aurelia.

Father:
Julius Oblatt Todd

Mother:
Dorothy Todd

Spouse:
France Huser

ex-spouse:
Anne-Marie Nizan

Son:
Emmanuel Todd

Daughter:
Camille Todd

Daughter:
Aurelia Todd

ex-partner:
Chantal Charpentier