Jean d'Ormesson

Jean d'Ormesson
Jean d'Ormesson in 2011
Jean d'Ormesson in 2011
BornJean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson[1]
(1925-06-16)16 June 1925
7th arrondissement of Paris, France
Died5 December 2017(2017-12-05) (aged 92)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
OccupationWriter, columnist, reporter, philosopher
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrench
EducationLycée Henri-IV
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure
Notable worksAu revoir et merci (1966)
La Gloire de l'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 awardsAcadémie Française
(seat 12)
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
Grand Croix of the Legion of Honour
SpouseFrançoise Béghin
ChildrenHéloïse d'Ormesson

Comte Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson (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 Humanistic Studies within UNESCO (1992–1997).

  1. ^ Some sources also write: Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Le Fèvre d'Ormesson.