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Jean d'Ormesson

French novelist (1925-2017) · France · Writers · Died at 92

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Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson was a French writer and novelist.

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2017Died5 December 20172014Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourAward2001Prix Combourg-ChateaubriandAward1999Grand prix Jean-GionoAward1994Grand prix RTL-LireAward1992Scanno PrizeAward1979Paulée de Meursault PrizeAward1975Prix BalzacAward1971Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie françaiseAward1925Born16 June 1925

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Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour2014
Prix Combourg-Chateaubriand2001
Grand prix Jean-Giono1999
Grand prix RTL-Lire1994
Scanno Prize1992
Paulée de Meursault Prize1979
Prix Balzac1975
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française1971
Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross
Officer of the National Order of Merit

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Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson 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 Human Sciences within UNESCO (1992-1997). A major public figure in France, known for his art de la conversation, Jean d'Ormesson was saluted as "the best of the French spirit" by President Emmanuel Macron upon his death.

Country
France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2017 · aged 92

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