Jean d'Ormesson
1925
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2017
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country of citizenship: France
native language: French
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Lycée Henri-IV, École Normale Supérieure, Cours Hattemer, Lycée Masséna, comité de lecture des éditions Gallimard
occupation: journalist, writer, philosopher
award received: Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross, Grand prix Jean-Giono, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Grand prix RTL-Lire, Scanno Prize, Prix Balzac, Prix Combourg-Chateaubriand
position held: president, general secretary, seat 12 of the Académie française
Count Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson (16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French writer and novelist. He authored forty books, was the director of Le Figaro from 1974 to 1977, as well as the dean of the Académie Française, to which he was elected in 1973, until his death, in addition to his service as president of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies within UNESCO (1992–1997). Source: Wikipedia (en)
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