René Guitton is a committed writer and essayist. An expert from the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, several of his books have been awarded prizes. Si nous nous silence (Calmann-Lévy, 2001), Montyon Prize for Literature and Philosophy of the French Academy, Lyautey Prize of the Académie des Sciences d'Outre-mer and Freedom Prize. These Christians who are murdered (Flammarion, 2009), literary prize for Human Rights. Special mention Literature and Human Rights of the City of Nancy for La France des intégristes (Flammarion, 2013). René Guitton wrote the texts of the collective work Africa (Calmann-Lévy, 2021) initiated by Jean Plantu and Cartooning for Peace*, which features the greatest cartoonists on the African continent.