Jean-Gérard Fleury
Born24 November 1905
Inchy
Died2 June 2002(2002-06-02) (aged 96)
Rio de Janeiro
Occupation(s)Journalist
Writer
Poet


Jean-Gérard Fleury (24 November 1905 – 2 June 2002) was a French businessman, aviator, journalist and writer.

Biography

Coming from a northern farming family from France, Fleury graduated from the Institut d’Études Politiques and became a lawyer and journalist in Paris.[1] In 1931, he made a report on the airline Toulouse-Santiago du Chili.[1] Passionate about aviation and the Compagnie générale aéropostale, he met pilots like Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Marcel Reine, Henri Guillaumet and Jean Mermoz.[1] The latter will help him pass his pilot's license. He entered as head of the aeronautics section at Paris-Soir of which he will be a permanent correspondent in Brazil.[1] Fleury began a career as a company director and worked, between 1945 and 1978, for various companies, Société Louis Bréguet and Sud-Aviation as correspondent for the daily France-Soir.[1] He died 2 June 2002 in Rio de Janeiro.[1] In 1938 he was awarded the Albert Londres Prize[2]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Une « dictature démocratique » : Getúlio Vargas, raconté par Jean-Gérard Fleury published on the site amnis.revues.org, accessdate 12 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Lauréats Archived 2017-01-16 at the Wayback Machine sur le site prixalbertlondres.com. Accessdate 12 January 2017.
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