Peter Scholl-Latour

German-French journalist and author (1924-2014) · France · On the map · Journalists · Died at 90

Peter Roman Scholl-Latour was a French-German journalist, author and reporter. Scholl-Latour was regarded as one of Europe's most important journalists, akin to what Walter Cronkite was in the US. For over six decades, he was one of the continent's most influential voices.

Peter Scholl-Latour is read about 189 times a day, in 17 languages.

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2014Died16 August 20142008Gerhard Löwenthal PrizeAward2007Steiger AwardAward2006Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2005Knight of the Legion of HonourAward2003Siebenpfeiffer AwardAward2001Deutscher FernsehpreisAward1999EhrenprofessurAwardHildegard von Bingen Prize for JournalismAward1992The Franco-German Prize for JournalismAward1991TelestarAward1989Elsie Kühn Leitz PrizeAward1974Bambi AwardAward1969Goldene KameraAward1965Grimme-PreisAward1924Born9 March 1924