Claude Blanchard

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French b. 17 October 1896^[1] d. 19 September 1945^[2] active 1928–1945

Claude Blanchard (1896–1945) was a French journalist and resistance fighter. He began his career as a reporter for publications such as 'Le Crapouillot', 'Voilà', 'Petit Parisien', and 'Paris-Soir'. In 1935, he won the Albert-Londres Prize for written press. During World War II, he served as a war correspondent for the British army in 1939 and later joined the Resistance within the movement of Philippe Viannay, working for the clandestine newspaper 'Défense de la France'. He died in a plane crash in the Mediterranean in September 1945 while returning from Russia. His name was later honored with the Prix Claude Blanchard, established in 1946 to reward young French journalists for investigative reporting.^[3,4]

• journalism
• war correspondence
• resistance