Jûtien-Gustave DuRoi

Jûtien-Gustave Ilò better known by his pen name Jûtien-Gustave DuRoi (born November 16, 1942 in Monte Carlo, Monaco) is a Franco-Italian journalist, who frequently writes for the French newspaper Le Monde. DuRoi is highly-esteemed for his articles on American politics, Africa, and culture. He is well known in the Piedmont region of Italy and the South of France, where he is known by the moniker "ej Pappà", meaning "our collective father". In 1998, he took a temporary leave to travel to Ethiopia to assist with famine relief. He returned in January of 1999, and retook his position at Le Monde, where he wrote a feature on the crisis.

Jûtien-Gustave DuRoi was born to Concetta and Pierre Ilò. Concetta worked as a seamstress until she gave birth to Jûtien-Gustave. Pierre Ilò joined the French Foreign Legion in 1948. The young Jûtien-Gustave moved with his family to French West Africa where he gained a lifetime appreciation for the African continent. However, the Ilò family were forced to return to France due to Concetta's ill health in 1950. The small family moved to Turin in 1956, where Jûtien-Gustave DuRoi attended "La Academia di San Giovanni". He finished school, with honors, in 1967 and quickly began his career by working at "Il Corriere della Sera", one of Italy's most esteemed journals.

In 1978, he met and married Sallah Ukhmed a Lebanese vocalist. They remain currently married splitting their time between Paris and Monte Carlo. The couple have co-written many books, including: "Nos Aventures de l'Orient", "L'Italien Qui Ne Savait Rien", "Il Faut Faire Quelquechose", "L'Être, le Néant, et la Manger", "La Politie de l'Avenir".