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Jean d'Ormesson
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Paris, France
Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Le Fèvre d'Ormesson (16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French novelist. He was the author of forty books, the director of Le Figaro from 1974 to 1979, and the Dean of the Académie française.
Known for
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
- Monsieur — Self2018
- Ma passion pour Venise — Self2017
- La marquise de Sévigné, l'esprit du Grand Siècle — Jean d'Ormesson2015
- Haute Cuisine — le président de la République2012
- 28 minutes — Self2012
- François Mitterrand, à bout portant : 1993-1996 — Self2011
- Salut les Terriens ! — Self - Guest2006
- On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest2006
- Vivement dimanche — Self1998
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Key facts
- Born
- Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson , ( 1925-06-16 ) 16 June 1925, 7th arrondissement of Paris , France
- Died
- 5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) (aged 92), Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
- Resting place
- Père Lachaise Cemetery , Paris
- Occupation
- Writer, columnist, reporter, philosopher, newspaper director
- Language
- French
- Nationality
- French
- Education
- Lycée Henri-IV
- Alma mater
- École normale supérieure
- Notable works
- Au revoir et merci (1966), The Glory of the Empire (1971), Au plaisir de Dieu (1974), Dieu, sa vie, son œuvre (1981), C'était bien (2003), C'est une chose étrange à la fin que le monde (2010)
- Notable awards
- Académie Française , ( seat 12 ), Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française , Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Spouse
- Françoise Béghin
- Children
- Héloïse d'Ormesson
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bruno
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 7th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Ouest-France
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Noble title
- count
- Academic degree
- bachelor's degree
- Eye colour
- blue
- Image
- JeanDOrmesson-StudioHarcourt-1981.png
- Significant event
- funeral
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- Commons category
- Jean d'Ormesson
- date of birth
- 1925-06-16
- member of
- Romanian Academy
- name in native language
- Jean d'Ormesson
- date of death
- 2017-12-05
- nickname
- Jean d'O
- birth name
- Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson
- end of work period
- 2017-12-05
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- French
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- relative
- Louis Malle
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson ( French: [ʒɑ̃ dɔʁməsɔ̃]; 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 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.
Early life
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