[1][2][3] His father, Jean Lafargue, was the CEO of an electricity and gas company in Nord.

[1] His mother, Florence Chamier, was British of Huguenot descent, born in New South Wales.

[1] While he was a student, Lafargue began writing Résistance, a pro-French Resistance newspaper.

[1] Lafargue began writing for Paris-Matin, later known as Ce matin, le pays, in 1947.

[2] Even though he retired in 1987, he still published articles for its cultural pages.