“I have led a romantic life!”
launches Jean Bertolino from the top of his 85 years.
The mischievous smile, sitting in front of his computer in his Parisian apartment in the 15th arrondissement, the creator of the magazine "52 sur la Une" in 1988 on TF1 always keeps his mind on the alert.
The proof, he who is also a well-known writer and novelist, publishes a new book entitled
Roues libre
(dB Éditions).
The poetic memoir of a passionate journalist.
“
I am a great reporter, I am ultimately just that!
he says, laughing.
My greatest victory was receiving
the Albert Londres Prize in 1967
.
I am the oldest winner still alive.
I was 30 years old, it was an immense joy to be distinguished for my reports on the Vietnam war and on the revolt of the Kurds in Iraq.
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Before running around the world with pen and then camera in hand, the childhood of Jean Bertolino, born in 1936 in Marseille, was already a novel.
Sometimes painful.
"
In 1940, my mother suffered from sepsis at the...
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