Famous journalist at 'Le Monde',apart from political articles, he was also a sports reporter for them on rugby. He became a respected biographer of
Charles de Gaulle,
François Mitterrand,
François Mauriac and others and in total he wrote 71 books. He founded and managed at Seuil editors in Paris 2 collections: 'L'histoire immédiate" and "La Traversée du siècle".