Jacques Maigne
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Jacques Maigne | |
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| Born | 4 April 1951 |
| Died | 29 October 2020(2020-10-29) (aged 69) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Jacques Maigne (4 April 1951 – 29 October 2020) was a French writer and journalist.[1]
Born on 4 April 1951 in Toulouse, Maigne graduated from the Centre de formation des journalistes de Paris in 1975.[2] He moved to Nîmes in 1977,[3][4] debuting his career at La Provençal before joining the editorial staff of Sud. He was a regional correspondent, sent to the Middle East by Libération from 1986 to 1995. He then became a freelance journalist and cofounded the magazine In vino. In 1985, he received the Plume d'aigle from the Association nationale des aficionados.[5]
Maigne wrote about Latin America, bullfighting, rugby, gastronomy, Flamenco, and popular music. He produced 12 documentaries for Arte, including one based on a novel by Antoine Blondin.[6][7] He also signed the text of illustrated albums.[8]
Jacques Maigne died from cancer of 29 October 2020 at the age of 69.[9]
Books
- L'Habit de lumière (1985)
- Guadalquivir : impressions de voyage (1990)
- À côté des taureaux (1992)
- Secrets de gardians (2002)
- Toros (2004)
- Guide des caves coopératives (2004)
- Gardon, gardons (2004)
- 18, pompiers (2005)
- De garrigues en Costières : paysages de Nîmes métropole (2005)
- Claude Viallat : un bel été (2006)
- Voir grand : panorama des grands sites (2007)
- Le Vin au fil de l'eau : les fleuves et leurs vignobles (2007)
- Site du pont du Gard : chroniques d'un aménagement (2008)
- Conversations avec Claude Viallat : ponctuées par des textes de l'artiste (2009)
- Flamenco : en flammes (2009)
- Camargue plein ciel (2013)
- Portrait de Nîmes (2015)
- Flamenco, toros y olé : « ¡Arte, coño! » (2015)
- Vigne saga (2017)
References
- ↑ "Maigne, Jacques (1951-....)". BnF Catalogue général (in French).
- ↑ "Jacques MAIGNE". Centre de Formation des Journalistes (in French). Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
- ↑ "Journaliste et écrivain nîmois, Jacques Maigne s'est éteint". La Gazette (in French). 29 October 2020.
- ↑ "Maigne Jacques". Occitanie Livre & Lecture (in French).
- ↑ "Tableau récapitulatif Palmarès ANDA". anda.aficionados.free.fr (in French).
- ↑ "Chapeau de roues". Libération (in French). 28 June 2003.
- ↑ "" Le peloton pelotonné "". L'Humanité (in French). 28 June 2003.
- ↑ Bernié-Boissard, Catherine; Boissard, Michel; Velay, Serge (2009). Petit dictionnaire des écrivains du Gard (in French). Nîmes: Alcide. ISBN 978-2-917743-07-2.
- ↑ "Dernière faena pour l'ami Jacques". Libération (in French). 31 October 2020.
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