Jean Franco

Biography

Jean Franco, born July 19, 1914 in Nice and died December 2, 1971 in Montagnat (Ain), is a French mountaineer and writer. He was a high mountain guide and resistance fighter during the Second World War. Co-author in 1944 with his wife of the first ascent of the South Pillar of the Écrins in the Alps, he was appointed, after the war, head…