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Jean-Denis Bredin

French Lawyer and writer (1929-2021) · France · Writers · Died at 92

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Jean-Denis Bredin was a French attorney and founding partner of the firm Bredin Prat. He was widely admired as an author-commentator, both for his novels and for his non-fiction works, with a particular focus on recent and contemporary history.

A life in dates

2021Died1 September 20211984Grand Prix GobertAwardPierre Lafue PrizeAward1980Prix Feydeau de BrouAward1929Born17 May 1929

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Awards

Grand Prix Gobert1984
Pierre Lafue Prize1984
Prix Feydeau de Brou1980
Honorary doctor of the University of Liège

In their orbit

Child: Frédérique Bredin

About this person

Jean-Denis Bredin was a French attorney and founding partner of the firm Bredin Prat. He was widely admired as an author-commentator, both for his novels and for his non-fiction works, with a particular focus on recent and contemporary history. On 15 June 1989, he was elected to membership of the Académie Française, becoming the twentieth occupant of seat 3, which had been vacated through the death of Marguerite Yourcenar. His daughter, Frédérique Bredin, served between 2013 and 2019 as President of the French National Center of Cinematography and the moving image.

Country
France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2021 · aged 92

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