Stéphane Courtois

Stéphane Courtois is a French historian, currently employed as research director (i.e. senior research scientist) at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), in the Géode (group of study and observation of democracy) at University Paris X. He is editor of the journal Communisme.

An outspoken critic of Communism, he became worlwide known as the editor of the Black Book of Communism, which sold in millions in several languages.