Jean-Claude Pomonti (born 27 April 1940) is a French journalist specializing in Southeast Asia.
Biography
Jean-Claude Pomonti discovered Southeast Asia which became his favorite field during a trip in 1965. He returned to the newspaper Le Monde in 1974 as correspondent in Bangkok from where he covered the Vietnam War.
His criticisms of the Phnom Penh and Saigon regimes resulted in repeated bans on his stay in the Khmer republic and in the Republic of Vietnam.
His work allowed him, however, in 1973, to win the Albert Londres Prize. The following year, he was transferred to Nairobi where, for the same daily, he would cover East Africa until 1979, when he joined the Africa department at the headquarters of the newspaper in Paris. In 1985, he became deputy head of the foreign service in charge of Asia, before returning to Bangkok in 1991, again as correspondent.
Bibliography
- with Serge Thion (1971). Des courtisans aux partisans; essai sur la crise cambodgienne. Idées actuelles (in French). Vol. 230. Gallimard. p. 374.
- La Rage d'être vietnamien. Hist.Immed (in French). Éditions du Seuil. 1974. p. 249. ISBN 9782020023238.
- L'Afrique trahie (in French). Hachette. 1979. pp. 205. ISBN 9782010048234.
- Poussières de vie; Les petits chiffonniers de Phnom Penh. Les enfants du fleuve (in French). Vol. 1. Librairie Arthème Fayard. 1993. p. 211. ISBN 9782213031712.
- with Hugues Tertrais (1994). Viêtnam,, communistes et dragons (in French). Le Monde. p. 210. ISBN 978-2878990829.
- Poussières de vie ; les enfants de la guerre. Les enfants du fleuve (in French). Vol. 2. Librairie Arthème Fayard. 1994. p. 231. ISBN 978-2213593371.
- Viêtnam, quand l’aube se lève. Reportages (in French). Philippe Picquier Publishing. 1998. ISBN 978-2877303323.
- Aceh L'histoire inachevée; La fière histoire d'une terre dévastée par les tsunamis. Documents (in French). Aux Lieux d'être. 2005. p. 99. ISBN 9782916063010.
- Un Vietnamien bien tranquille; L'extraordinaire histoire de l'espion qui défia l'Amérique. Document (in French). Éditions des Équateurs. 2006. p. 187. ISBN 9782849900345.
- Hanoï; regards (in French). Les Editions de La Frémillerie. 2010. p. 160. ISBN 9782359070163.
- Vietnam; L'éphémère et l'insubmersible. L'âme des peuples (in French). Nevicata. 2015. p. 90. ISBN 9782875230706.
- with Frédéric Amat (2011). La drôle de vie des expatriés au Cambodge (in French). Tuk Tuk éditions. p. 178. ISBN 9782350610207.
References
- Profile of Jean-Claude Pomonti
- "Jean-Claude Pomonti". Fiche auteurs (in French). Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- "L'envoyé spécial du " Monde " jugé " indésirable " à Phnom Penh". Le Monde (in French). 1970.
- "Jean-Claude Pomonti" (in French). France Inter. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
External links
- Jean-Claude Pomonti 23 articles on Slate
- Le journaliste Jean-Claude Pomonti dévoile Hanoi et ses mutations on Le Petit Journal
- J-Claude Pomonti on La revue des ressources
- Jean-Claude Pomonti se replonge dans le Vietnam on the site of Prix Albert Londres
- Jean-Claude Pomonti on Le Monde Diplomatique