| Michel Tatu | |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Lyon, France |
| Death Date: | 18 November 2012 |
| Death Place: | Le Port-Marly, France |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Alma Mater: | HEC Paris |
Michel Tatu (born April 17, 1933, in Lyon and died November 18, 2012, in Port-Marly), is a French journalist.[1]
From 1950 to 1951 he was a student at the Lycée Ampère in Lyon. From 1951 to 1954 he was a student at HEC Paris. In 1965 he studied Kremlinology at the Institute on Communist Affairs at Columbia University in New York.
From 1957 to 1964, he was correspondent for the newspaper Le Monde in Moscow, then from 1966 to 1969, he was correspondent for the newspaper Le Monde for Eastern Europe.[2] Until 1971 he was diplomatic editor then from 1971 to 1977, head of the Foreign department of the newspaper Le Monde. From 1977 to 1980 he was correspondent for the newspaper Le Monde in Washington. From 1980 to 1994 he was an editorialist for the newspaper Le Monde then he was moderator first of the forum "Le Monde" on Compuserve, and finally from its opening of Monde.fr.[3]
He speaks English, German and Russian.[4]
He died on November 18, 2012, in Port-Marly, at the age of 79.[5]