Alain Dugrand (16 October 1946, Lyon) is a French journalist, traveller and writer.
Alain Dugrand was among the journalists who created the newspaper Libération.
[1] As a traveller, he worked for the magazines GEO and National Geographic.
[2] He launched the "Carrefour des littératures européennes de Strasbourg" (1985) then the Étonnants voyageurs [fr] festival of Saint-Malo, with Michel Le Bris.
He presides the Prix Nicolas Bouvier and is also the author of several novels.