1925
Jean d'Ormesson, French journalist and author (died 2017)
Jean d'Ormesson, French journalist and author (died 2017)
Jean d'Ormesson, French journalist and author (died 2017)
Jean d'Ormesson
French novelist, writer and public figure (1925–2017)
- Born
- 1925
Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson 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 Human Sciences within UNESCO (1992–1997). A major public figure in France, known for his art de la conversation, Jean d'Ormesson was saluted as "the best of the French spirit" by President Emmanuel Macron upon his death.