What is Peter Scholl-Latour?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Peter Scholl-Latour |image = Peterscholllatour.jpg |image_size = 150px |caption = Scholl-Latour at a lecture in<br />the [[Bundeswehr University of Munich]], 2008 |birth_date = {{birth date|1924|3|9|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Bochum]], [[Weimar Republic]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|8|16|1924|3|9|df=y}} |death_place = [[Rhöndorf]], [[Germany]] |nationality = [[Germany|German]] and [[France|French]] |fields = [[Political science]] |workplaces = |alma_mater = [[Institut d'études politiques de Paris]],<br />[[University of Paris|Sorbonne]],<br />[[Lebanese University]] |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = ''[[Death in the Rice-fields]]'' |influences = |influenced = |awards = Chevalier of the [[Legion of Honour|Légion d'honneur]] , 2005<br />[[Federal Cross of Merit|Cross of Merit, First class]], 2006<br />[[Gerhard Löwenthal]] Honor Award, 2008<br />(issued by [[Junge Freiheit]]) |signature = |footnotes = }} '''Peter Roman Scholl-Latour''' (March 9, 1924 – August 16, 2014) was a [[French people|French]]-[[Germans|German]] [[journalist]] and [[publicist]]. He was born in [[Bochum]], [[Germany]]. He was of (partly) [[Jewish]] descent (his mother was Jewish).<ref>[http://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/article/view/id/20005 www.juedische-allgemeine.de]</ref> He was known for his books: * ''Der Tod im Reisfeld [Death in the Rice-fields]'' (1980) * ''Allah ist mit den Standhaften [Allah is with the Steadfast]'' (1983) * ''Mord am grossen Fluss [Murder at the Great River]'' (1986) * ''Leben mit Frankreich [Living with France]'' (1988) * ''Afrikanische Totenklage [African Dirge]'' (2001) He fought in the [[First Indochina War]]. Scholl-Latour died in [[Rhöndorf]], [[Germany]], aged 90.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/peter-scholl-latour-ist-tot-a-986484.htm