Ce soir

Ce soir (English: Tonight), was a French daily newspaper founded by the French Communist Party and directed by Louis Aragon and Jean-Richard Bloch. History The newspaper was established on the initiative of the Communist Party general secretary Maurice Thorez in order to compete with Paris-soir. The first issue was released on 1 March 1937. The newspaper was under the direction of two famous writers, Louis Aragon who is already known for his membership in the Communist Party became director of the newly established newspaper and Jean-Richard Bloch who was a very close sympathizer of the PCF and will eventually join the party in 1939 became co-director. Although Ce soir never managed to reach the Paris soir prints, it managed to reach a circulation of 260,000 by March 1939. Among the famous contributors to the newspaper were René Arcos, Julien Benda, Jean Blanzat, Jean Cocteau, Lise Deharme, Robert Desnos, Luc Durtain, Yvette Guilbert, Francis Jourdain, André Lhote, Darius Milhaud, Georges Pillement, Tristan Rémy, Jean Renoir, Georges Sadoul, Elsa Triolet, Jean Wiener. Well known professional editors of the newspaper were Édith Thomas, Simone Téry and Andrée Viollis.