Michel Droit
Michel Droit (born January 23, 1923 in Vincennes , Val-de-Marne department , † June 22, 2000 in La Celle-Saint-Cloud , Yvelines department ) was a French author and journalist.
Michel Droit attended the École Massillon and the Lycéen Voltaire and Louis-le-Grand in Paris and studied at the School of Political Science in Paris. Towards the end of the war, Droit worked as a war correspondent for the 1st French Army, which invaded Germany at the end of 1944/1945. In April 1945 he was wounded near Ulm. In the 1960s Droit, who was lifelong close to the Gaullists, was editor-in-chief of the news programs of the French state radio and television. He later headed the editorial department of Figaro littéraire and from 1971 was initially a consultant to the Figaro management and later editor-in-chief of Figaro . His first novel, Plus rien au monde , was published in 1954. In 1964 he received the Grand Prix du Roman of the Académie française for the book Le Retour . On March 6, 1980, together with Marguerite Yourcenar , he was elected a member of the Académie française.
Web links
- Obituary . In: The Guardian , July 25, 2000.
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Homage to Michel Droit
- Homage to Michel Droit
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Droit, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vincennes |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 2000 |
| Place of death | La Celle-Saint-Cloud |