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Jean-François Kahn

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Jean-François Kahn · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

French journalist and essayist of Jewish paternal descent; founder of L'Événement du Jeudi and Marianne magazine.

When

1938, Viroflay, France

Where

France

Founded
L'Événement du Jeudi1984
Marianne1997
Biography

Jean-François Kahn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — French journalist and essayist of Jewish paternal descent; founder of L'Événement du Jeudi and Marianne magazine.

How & why

Jean-François Kahn is a French journalist and essayist who founded the weeklies L'Événement du Jeudi (1984) and Marianne (1997), shaping independent French political journalism. He is of Jewish paternal descent; his father, of Jewish origin, was a noted lexicographer.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Kahn

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French journalist and essayist of Jewish paternal descent; founder of L'Événement du Jeudi and Marianne magazine.

1997

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Kahn