Titouan Lamazou is a French artist and writer, and an excellent sailor, born in Casablanca. He was appointed UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2003. He has produced numerous portraits of women for the project “Zoé-Zoé, femmes du monde”, with the aim of promoting women’s autonomy and gender equality. He has subsequently worked with various associations to protect the rights of women and children. In 2008 he created Lysistrata, a non-profit association to extend the fight to defend the rights of women.
As a sailor, he was a world champion from 1986 to 1990; He won the first edition of the prestigious Vendée Globe, the first solo non-stop race around the world, and was also the winner of the Route du Rhum. He has taken part in the Quebec — Saint Malo event and the BOC Challenge, among others. He is co-founder of the Jules Verne Trophy.
LiberPress Camins Award 2015
He received the 2015 LiberPress Camins Award in recognition of his long-standing personal commitment as a painter, draughtsman, writer and photographer to the promotion of women and the defence of their rights, as well as the rights of children, creating paths of solidarity, equality and humanity both on land and by sea.