About
Jean d'Ormesson, born in 1925 in Paris, was a French writer and journalist. From a diplomatic family, he studied at the École normale supérieure and earned a degree in philosophy. He was elected to the Académie française in 1973, becoming its dean. Author of about forty works, he received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for La Gloire de l'Empire. He directed Le Figaro from 1974 to 1977 and wrote a column for nearly forty years. He died in 2017.
* 1925-06-16 — † 2017-12-05
Major works
- La Gloire de l'Empire (1971)novel
- Au plaisir de Dieu (1974)novel
- Histoire du juif errant (1991)novel
- C'est une chose étrange à la fin que le monde (2010)essay
- Je dirai malgré tout que cette vie fut belle (2016)autobiography
Key milestones
- 1973Elected to the Académie française, becoming the youngest member at the time.
- 1980Played a key role in the election of Marguerite Yourcenar, the first woman admitted to the Académie française.
- 2015Entry into the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, a rare honor during his lifetime.
Themes
HistoryMemoryLife and deathNobilityHappiness
Sources: academie-francaise.fr · id.loc.gov · apnews.com