Max Gallo
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Max Gallo is a French
France
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 writer
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, historian
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 and politician
Politician
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.

The son of Italian
Italy
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 immigrants, Max Gallo's early career was in journalism. At the time he was a Communist
Communism
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 (until 1956). In 1974, he joined the Socialist Party
Socialist Party (France)
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. On April 26, 2007, the French Academy recorded his candidacy for its Seat 24, formerly held by the late Jean-François Revel
Jean-François Revel
Jean-François Revel was a French politician, journalist, author, prolific philosopher and member of the Académie française from June 1998...

. He was elected to the French Academy on 31 May 2007.

External links

Official site of Max Gallo L'Académie française
  • Max Gallo: Seeking a Sense of France's Identity by John Vinocur, International Herald Tribune
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