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Jean d'Ormesson (Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson) was born on 16 June, 1925 in 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, is a French novelist (1925–2017). Discover Jean d'Ormesson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

Popular As Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson
Occupation Writer, columnist, reporter, philosopher
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 16 June, 1925
Birthday 16 June
Birthplace 7th arrondissement of Paris, France
Date of death 5 December, 2017
Died Place Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Nationality France

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His wife is Françoise Béghin

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Children Héloïse d'Ormesson

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1925

Count Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson (16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French writer and novelist.

Jean d'Ormesson was born on 16 June 1925 in Paris into an aristocratic family; he was a count.

His father, André Lefèvre, Marquis of Ormesson, was the French ambassador to Brazil.

D'Ormesson grew up in Bavaria, Romania and Brazil.

He also spent time at the Château de Saint-Fargeau.

He was raised as a Roman Catholic, and later called himself a secular Catholic, but not an atheist.

D'Ormesson attended preparatory school at the Lycée Henri-IV, and he was admitted to the École normale supérieure; he subsequently passed the agrégation in Philosophy.

D'Ormesson was the author of more than forty books, including novels and plays.

His first novels, L'amour est un plaisir, Un amour pour rien, Les illusions de la mer, were unsuccessful.

1962

D'Ormesson married Françoise Béghin in 1962.

They had a daughter, Héloïse, an editor.

1971

However, his La gloire de l'Empire won the Grand Prix du roman from the Académie française in 1971.

His next novel, Au plaisir de Dieu, was made into a television film.

1973

On 18 October 1973, d'Ormesson was elected a member of the Académie française, taking seat 12, following the death of Jules Romains, in 1973.

1974

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 Humanistic Studies within UNESCO (1992–1997).

D'Ormesson became Secretary-General of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies at UNESCO, and the director of the conservative French newspaper Le Figaro from 1974 to 1979.

D'Ormesson self-identified as conservative.

2009

On the death of Claude Lévi-Strauss on 30 October 2009, he became the Dean of the Académie, its longest-serving member.

D'Ormesson was a Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and an officer of the National Order of Merit.

2010

In 2010, he was awarded the Ovid Prize, Romania, in recognition of his body of work.

2015

His work was published in Bibliothèque de la Pléiade in 2015, while he was still alive.

2017

On 5 December 2017, d'Ormesson died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, at the age of 92.

A national tribute was paid on 8 December 2017 in Les Invalides, where French President Emmanuel Macron gave a speech; former presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande were also in attendance.