Pierre Assouline is a writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for radio. As a biographer, he has covered a diverse and eclectic range of subjects, including: Henri Cartier-Bresson, the legendary photographer Marcel Dassault, the aeronautics pioneer Gaston Gallimard, the publisher Herg�, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the art dealer Georges Simenon, the detective novelist and creator of Inspector Maigret Several of these books have been translated into English and the Henri Cartier-Bresson biography has been translated into Chinese. As a journalist, Assouline has worked for the leading French publications Lire and Le Nouvel Observateur. He also publishes a blog, ?La r�publique des livres.? [More at Wikipedia]

April 17th, 1953 in Casablanca (Age 71)