Hubert Beuve-Méry

Hubert Beuve-Méry , born on January 5th, 1902 with Paris and deceased on August 6th, 1989 with Fontainebleau, is a Journaliste French, founder of the daily newspaper Le Monde .

Biography

In spite of a difficult childhood because of the First World War and resulting from a modest family, it obtains the support enabling him to make higher learning. Become Doctor in right, it leaves to teach the right to the French Institute Prague. It there studies the rise of the militarist dangers in Europe and becomes also the corresponding one of several Quotidien S Parisian, of which the Time , which is the semi-official newspaper of the Quai of Orsay.

In 1938, to protest against the abandonment by anticipation of the Czechoslovakia, he resigns of his station.

In 1940-1941, Hubert Beuve-Méry takes part, as director of studies, with the activities of the École of the executives of Uriage, a school of frameworks created initially by the Régime of Vichy, to provide executives to the Chantiers of youth. It will be closed in 1942, part of its organizers engaging in the Résistance.

In an article entitled “national Revolutions, human revolution”, published in Spirit in 1941, Beuve-Méry declares: “One needs for the revolution a chief, executives, troops, a faith, or a myth. The national Révolution has its chief and, thanks to him, the broad outlines of its doctrines. But she seeks her frameworks”.

It takes part in the combat of the Libération with the maquis of the Tarn. In 1943-1944, he is lieutenant with the French Forces of the interior (FFI).

The day before the unloading of Normandy, in 1944, written Beuve-Méry: “The Americans constitute a real danger to France (...) the Americans can stop a revolution necessary, and their materialism does not have the tragic size of the materialism of the totalitarian modes”.

In October 1944, Hubert Beuve-Méry is editor association of the weekly magazine Temps present when it has by the general De Gaulle to create, with the assistance of the French government, a daily newspaper of reference to replace the daily newspaper '' Time ''. Thus is born Le Monde , of which it will be the director until his retirement, by publishing leading articles under the pseudonym from Sirius .

He is prize winner of the Plume of gold of freedom in 1972.

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