Max Gallo

Max Gallo
Max Gallo in 2009
Government spokespeople of France
In office
22 March 1983 – 17 July 1984
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterPierre Mauroy
Preceded byAndré Rossi
Succeeded byRoland Dumas
Personal details
Born(1932-01-07)7 January 1932
Nice, France
Died18 July 2017(2017-07-18) (aged 85)
Vaison-la-Romaine, France
Political partySocialist Party
SpouseMarielle Gallo
ProfessionHistorian

Max Gallo (French: [maks ɡalo]; 7 January 1932 – 18 July 2017) was a French writer, historian and politician. He wrote over one hundred books.[1]

The son of Italian immigrants (his father was of Piedmontese descent and his mother was from the region of Parma[2]), Gallo's early career was in journalism. At the time he was a Communist (until 1956). In 1974, he joined the Socialist Party. On 26 April 2007 the Académie Française recorded his candidacy for its Seat 24, formerly held by the late Jean-François Revel. He was elected to the Académie Française on 31 May 2007.

  1. ^ Carla Mirza (24 July 2017), "Famous French historian and writer Max Gallo dies at 85", The National. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ Decaux, Alain. "Réponse au discours de réception de M. Max Gallo". Retrieved 27 March 2016.