Laurence Deonna

Deonna in 2004

Laurence Deonna (29 January 1937 – 2 August 2023) was a Swiss journalist, writer and photographer who in the late 1960s became a celebrated war reporter in the Middle-East.[1] In 1987, on the basis of her articles, books and photographs promoting international understanding and improvements to the status of women, she was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education.[2] Deonna published 12 widely translated books.[3]

  1. ^ "Laurence Deonna, reporter, photographe, membre d'honneur du Club Suisse de la Presse" (in French). Klvin Mag. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. ^ "1987 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education". UNESCO. 1987. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Les "Mémoires ébouriffées" de Laurence Deonna" (in French). Le Temps. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2019.