Robert de Saint Jean (1901–1987) was a French writer and journalist.
It provides insight into French society and cultural life over several decades.
He worked, in particular, for Paris-Soir, le Parisien libéré, and Paris Match.
When France fell to the Nazis in 1940, he was deputy chief of staff to the French minister of information.
His writing had made him a personal enemy of German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.