Jean-Paul Franceschini was born on January 17, 1933 in Paris, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Marc et Sylvie (1965) and Le stade de Wimbledon (2001). He died on July 9, 2016 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
Important journalist of the international section of «Le Monde», he was also the literary editor of «L'Express» magazine. He became a writer of historical crime novels.