Luc Le Vaillant (born 1958, Landivisiau) is a French journalist. Since 2000, he runs the "Portrait" section of the daily Libération.
Biography The son of a general practitioner and a mother professor of Italian and French, he is the eldest of a family of six children. He spent his childhood at Plougasnou where he became passionate about sailing, leading him to frequent the French Olympic team.Delphine Le Goff, « Luc Le Vaillant, dandy libertaire » on , 18 October 2012Gwénaëlle Loaëc, « Luc Le Vaillant : tireur d’élites » on Bretons (magazine), 1 June 2009
After studying philosophy at Brest and the Sorbonne, he graduated from the Centre de formation des journalistes of Paris in 1984, and began his career in sailing magazines. He was director of the French Committee for the America's Cup presided by Jean Glavany and then joined the cabinet of Louis Le Pensec, Minister of the DOM-TOM, to write his speeches.
In 1990, Luc Le Vaillant joined the sports department of Libération and in 1995 the "Portrait" section of which he became responsible five years later. Since January 2013, he has been holding a column entitled "Ré / jouissances" every Tuesday.
In 1998, he received the Albert Londres Prize in the press category.Prix Albert-Londres pour Libération. Deuxième prix pour le journal en deux ans sur Libération, 20 mai 1998.
Prizes and awards 1997: Prix Mumm 1998: Prix Albert-Londres
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External links Articles written by Luc Le Vaillant in Libération Luc Le Vaillant, le dernier libertaire on OJIM Luc Le Vaillant présente "Portraits Libération 2010 2014" o YouTube Luc Le Vaillant on France Culture