Dominique Fernandez
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Dominique Fernandez is an openly
homosexual French
novelist and member of the Académie française
. He won the Prix Goncourt
in 1982.
He is the son of Ramon Fernandez
, a literary critic whose reputation was tarnished when he served on the executive committee of the Parti Populaire Français
, collaborating with France's Nazi occupiers. His son's inaugural speech in the Academy was a defense of his father. As the hilt of the ceremonial sword of his Academy uniform, Fernandez chose a representation of Ganymede
.
In 1961 he married Diane Jacquin de Margerie; they had two children together before their divorce in 1971.
Coming out
Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
homosexual French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
novelist and member of 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,...
. He won the Prix Goncourt
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
in 1982.
He is the son of Ramon Fernandez
Ramón Fernández
Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...
, a literary critic whose reputation was tarnished when he served on the executive committee of the Parti Populaire Français
Parti Populaire Français
The Parti Populaire Français was a fascist political party led by Jacques Doriot before and during World War II...
, collaborating with France's Nazi occupiers. His son's inaugural speech in the Academy was a defense of his father. As the hilt of the ceremonial sword of his Academy uniform, Fernandez chose a representation of Ganymede
Ganymede (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Ganymede is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy. Homer describes Ganymede as the most beautiful of mortals. In the best-known myth, he is abducted by Zeus, in the form of an eagle, to serve as cup-bearer in Olympus. Some interpretations of the myth treat it as an allegory of...
.
In 1961 he married Diane Jacquin de Margerie; they had two children together before their divorce in 1971.