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Jean-François Revel

French writer and philosopher (1924-2006) · France · Journalists · Died at 82

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Jean-François Revel was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European proponent of classical liberalism and free market economics. He was a member of the Académie française after June 1998.

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2006Died30 April 20062003Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAward1997Prix du livre politiqueAward1994Knight of the Legion of HonourAward1991Grand Officer of the Order of Prince HenryAward1983“Today” PrizeAward1958Fénéon Prize for literatureAward1924Born19 January 1924

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Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic2003
Prix du livre politique1997
Knight of the Legion of Honour1994
Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry1991
“Today” Prize1983
Fénéon Prize for literature1958
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Officer of the Order of the Southern Cross

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Jean-François Revel was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European proponent of classical liberalism and free market economics. He was a member of the Académie française after June 1998. He is best known for his book Without Marx or Jesus: The New American Revolution Has Begun, published in French in 1970.

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France
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2006 · aged 82

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