André Frossard
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André Frossard was a French journalist
and essayist.
, Doubs
to Louis-Oscar Frossard
, one of the historic founders of the Parti communiste français, who was leader of the party for 31 years. His parents raised him an atheist, but when he was 20 years old he converted to Roman Catholicism. He was baptized on July 8, 1935, in the chapelle des religieuses de l’Adoration. He died in Versailles
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André Frossard was elected to the Académie française
in 1987 to Seat 2. He succeeded René de Castries
; seat 2 is currently occupied by the writer Hector Bianciotti
.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and essayist.
Biography
Frossard was born in Saint-Maurice-ColombierSaint-Maurice-Colombier
Saint-Maurice-Colombier is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.-History:The commune was formed by merging the former communes of Saint-Maurice-Échelotte and Colombier-Châtelot in 1972.-Population:...
, Doubs
Doubs
Doubs is a department the Franche-Comté region of eastern France named after the Doubs River.-History:As early as the 13th century, inhabitants of the northern two-thirds of Doubs spoke the Franc-Comtois language, a dialect of Langue d'Oïl. Residents of the southern third of Doubs spoke a dialect...
to Louis-Oscar Frossard
Ludovic-Oscar Frossard
Ludovic-Oscar Frossard was a French socialist and communist politician, a member of six successive French governments between 1935 and 1940.-Early career and PCF:Born into an anti-clerical family opposed to the antisemitical side during the Dreyfus...
, one of the historic founders of the Parti communiste français, who was leader of the party for 31 years. His parents raised him an atheist, but when he was 20 years old he converted to Roman Catholicism. He was baptized on July 8, 1935, in the chapelle des religieuses de l’Adoration. He died in Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
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André Frossard was elected to the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1987 to Seat 2. He succeeded René de Castries
René de Castries
René de la Croix de Castries was a French historian. He was the sixteenth member elected to occupy seat 2 of the Académie française in 1972....
; seat 2 is currently occupied by the writer Hector Bianciotti
Hector Bianciotti
Hector Bianciotti is an Argentine-born French author and member of the Académie française.-Biography:Born Héctor Bianciotti in Calchin Oeste in Córdoba Province , Bianciotti's parents were immigrants from Piedmont, who communicated among themselves in the dialect of that region but who forbade...
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Honours and awards
- Officier de la Légion d'honneurLégion d'honneurThe Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
- Croix de guerre 1939-1945
- Médaille de la Résistance