François Maspero
French novelist, journalist, publisher, translator (1932-2015) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 83
François Maspero was a French author and journalist, best known as a publisher of leftist books in the 1970s. He also worked as a translator, translating the works of Joseph Conrad, Mehdi Ben Barka, and John Reed, author of Ten Days that Shook the World, among others.
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He was awarded the Prix Décembre in 1990 for Les Passagers du Roissy-Express.
