{{short description|French journalist}} '''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.<ref name="Luc Le Vaillant, dandy libertaire">Delphine Le Goff, [http://www.strategies.fr/actualites/medias/197592W/luc-le-vaillant-dandy-libertaire.html « Luc Le Vaillant, dandy libertaire »] on ''{{ill|Stratégies|fr}}'', 18 October 2012</ref><ref name="Luc Le Vaillant : tireur d’élites">Gwénaëlle Loaëc, [http://bretons-mag.com/blog/67-luc-le-vaillant-tireur-delites « Luc Le Vaillant : tireur d’élites »] on ''Bretons (magazine)'', 1 June 2009</ref>
After studying philosophy at Brest and the Sorbonne,<ref name="Luc Le Vaillant : tireur d’élites"/> 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.<ref name="Luc Le Vaillant, dandy libertaire"/>
In 1990, Luc Le Vaillant joined the sports department of ''Libération'' and in 1995 the "Portrait" section<ref name="Luc Le Vaillant, dandy libertaire"/> of which he became responsible five years later.<ref name="Luc Le Vaillant : tireur d’élites"/> 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.<ref>[http://www.liberation.fr/medias/1998/05/20/prix-albert-londres-pour-liberation-deuxieme-prix-pour-le-journal-en-deux-ans_236490 Prix Albert-Londres pour ''Libération''. Deuxième prix pour le journal en deux ans] sur ''Libération'', 20 mai 1998.</ref>
== Prizes and awards == * 1997: Prix Mumm * 1998: Prix Albert-Londres
== Bibliography == *2014: {{Cite book |author1=Luc Le Vaillant |title=La vie rêvée des filles|publisher= Fayard |pages= 368 |isbn=2213680914}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.liberation.fr/auteur/6488-luc-le-vaillant Articles written by Luc Le Vaillant] in ''Libération'' * [http://www.ojim.fr/portraits/luc-le-vaillant-le-dernier-libertaire/ Luc Le Vaillant, le dernier libertaire] on OJIM * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8CsLW0T7oU ''Luc Le Vaillant présente "Portraits Libération 2010 2014"''] o YouTube * [https://www.franceculture.fr/personne/luc-le-vaillant Luc Le Vaillant] on France Culture {{Authority control}}
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