Jean d'Ormesson

Details

Instance of

human

Born

16 June 1925

Died

5 December 2017

Place of birth

7th arrondissement of Paris

Place of death

Neuilly-sur-Seine

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Jean, François de Paule, Wladimir, Bruno

Family name

Lefèvre d'Ormesson

Father

André d'Ormesson

Mother

Marie Anisson du Perron

Spouse

Françoise Béghin

Child

Héloïse d'Ormesson

Sibling

Henry d'Ormesson

Occupation

journalist, writer

Position held

president, general secretary, seat 12 of the Académie française, chief executive officer

Citizenship

France

Native language

French

Religion

Catholic Church

Awards

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, Paulée de Meursault Prize

academic degree

bachelor's degree

assessment

agrégation of philosophy

birth name

Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson

cause of death

myocardial infarction

educated at

Lycée Henri-IV, École Normale Supérieure, Cours Hattemer, Lycée Masséna

employer

Le Figaro, Paris Match, Ouest-France

end of work period

5 December 2017

eye color

blue

family

Lefèvre d'Ormesson family

languages spoken, written or signed

French

manner of death

natural causes

member of

Académie Française, Brazilian Academy of Letters, Comité des intellectuels pour l'Europe des libertés, comité de lecture des éditions Gallimard, Romanian Academy

name in native language

Jean d'Ormesson

nickname

Jean d'O

noble title

count

notable work

The Glory of the Empire

relative

Olivier Lefèvre d'Ormesson, Louis Malle

significant event

funeral

start of work period

1956

topic's main category

Category:Jean d'Ormesson

writing language

French

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