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Jean-Paul Mari (born 1950) is a French author and journalist. He was born in 1950 in Algiers , leaving his birthplace at the age of 11. He studied psychology and worked as a physiotherapist at a hospital in Toulouse . He has since done stints as a radio host, radio reporter and print journalist. Since 1985, he has been attached with Le Nouvel Observateur . ^[1]

As a war correspondent , Mari has published hundreds of stories covering the world, including conflicts in more than three dozen countries. His first book was L’homme qui survecut , published in 1989. He has since published several more volumes of reportage and released a documentary Irak, quand les soldats meurent (2006).

His awards include:

• Prix Albert Londres (1987).
• Prix des Organisations Humanitaires Agena (1989)
• Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents
• Prix Louis Hachette 2001
• Prix Mediterranee 2002 for his book on the Algerian civil war of the 1990s, Il faut abattre la lune . The book was later republished under the title La nuit algerienne .

His most recent book Sans blessures apparentes , published in 2008 won the Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle 2009 and the Prix 3eme Assises du journalisme. A film made in 2010 from this book won the Grand Prix et le Prix du Public at the FIGRA , Festival International du Grand Reportage d’Actualite.

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