Francis Marmande Explained

Francis Marmande (born 1945) is a French author, musician and journalist for the French newspaper Le Monde since 1977. Marmande currently serves as the director of a modern literature laboratory (Littérature au présent) at .[1]

Marmande graduated in 1966 from the École Normale Supérieure in Saint-Cloud. A jazz critic, Marmande also plays double bass and has recorded with the Jac Berrocal Group.[2] He was a contributor to Jazz Magazine from 1971 to 2000, which he also helped illustrate from 1976 to 1994.

Since 2006, he has had a regular column in Le Monde, writing on topics such as jazz, bullfighting, and literature.

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  1. http://www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/LDAP/consult/display_fiche2.php?uid=fmarmand Directory entry at University Denis Diderot
  2. CD The Night Knows. - IS 040