Philippe Tesson

Philippe Tesson
Tesson in 2013
Born
Philippe Marcel Tesson

(1928-03-01)1 March 1928
Died1 February 2023(2023-02-01) (aged 94)
Chatou, France
EducationCollège Stanislas de Paris
Alma materSciences Po
OccupationJournalist
Employer(s)Le Figaro
Le Canard Enchaîné
Spouse
Marie-Claude Millet
(m. 1969)
ChildrenStéphanie
Sylvain Tesson
Daphné

Philippe Tesson (1 March 1928 – 1 February 2023) was a French journalist and television columnist who primarily focused on theatre. In 1974, he founded the newspaper Le Quotidien de Paris, of which he was the owner and director of publication until 1994. He was also owner of the publishing house L'Avant-scène théâtre and the Théâtre de Poche-Montparnasse in Paris.