Bernard Pivot

Bernard Pivot
Pivot in 1986
Born
Bernard Claude Pivot

(1935-05-05)5 May 1935
Lyon, France
Died6 May 2024(2024-05-06) (aged 89)
EducationLycée Ampère
Alma materUniversity of Lyon
Centre de formation des journalistes
Occupation(s)Journalist, television personality
Known forTV host Apostrophes and Bouillon de culture

Bernard Pivot (French: [bɛʁnaʁ pivo]; 5 May 1935 – 6 May 2024) was a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. He was chairman of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2020.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Bernard Pivot président de l'Académie Goncourt: "Le destin ne se refuse pas" Archived 9 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, L'Express.
  2. ^ "A la tête de l'Académie". Académie Goncourt (in French). Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  3. ^ Nossiter, Adam (9 May 2024). "Bernard Pivot, Host of Influential French TV Show on Books, Dies at 89: For 15 years, French viewers watched Mr. Pivot on his weekly show, "Apostrophes," to decide what to read next". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 July 2024.