Pierre Desproges, born May 9, 1939 in Pantin and died April 18, 1988 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French humorist renowned for his black humor, his nonconformity and his sense of the absurd.
Before starting a journalistic career, Pierre Desproges multiplied professional experiences: life insurance salesman, commercial director of a company, forecaster.
It was only in the newspaper L'Aurore that he revealed his talents as a trainee journalist...