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Michel Droit (23 January 1923, Vincennes, Val-de-Marne - 22 June 2000) was a French novelist and journalist. He was the father of the photographer Éric Droit (1954–2007).
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Life
After studying at the Faculté de Lettres de Paris and at Sciences-Po, he joined the army in 1944 and was wounded near Ulm in April 1945. He took on a career as a press, radio and television journlist after the Second World War and at the 1960s he was the preferred television interviewer of général de Gaulle.
His first novel, Plus rien au monde, dates to 1954. In 1964, he won the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française for his Le Retour. On 6 March 1980, on the same day as Marguerite Yourcenar, he was elected as a member of the Académie française, replacing Joseph Kessel.
He wrote a polemic against a reggae adaptation of La Marseillaise as "Aux armes et cætera" by Serge Gainsbourg, reproaching him for "provoking" a resurgence of anti-Semitism and thus making things difficult for his "co-religionists". Droit was attacked for this position by the MRAP.
He got into legal difficulties as a member of the CNCL, a television regulator set up in the 1980s, but this was thrown out of court with the help of his lawyer Jean-Marc Varaut.
He accidentally killed one of his companions on a safari in Africa[1].
He is buried in the Passy Cemetery.
Works
- De Lattre Maréchal de France, Pierre Horay, 1952 (livre sur Jean de Lattre de Tassigny)
- André Maurois, Éditions universitaires, 1953 (livre sur André Maurois)
- Plus rien au monde, Prix Max Barthou, Ferencz, 1954
- Jours et Nuits d’Amérique, Georges Nizet, 1954
- Visas pour l’Amérique du Sud, Gallimar, 1956
- Pueblo, Julliard, 1957
- J’ai vu vivre le Japon, Fayard, 1958
- Panoramas mexicains, Fayard, 1960
- La Camargue, Prix Carlos de Lazerme, Benjamin Arthaud, 1961
- Le Retour, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Julliard, 1964
- Les Compagnons de la Forêt-Noire, Julliard, 1966, Tome 1 de la série "le temps des hommes"[2]
- La Fille de l’ancre bleue, Solar,1967
- L’Orient perdu, Julliard, 1969, Tome 2 de la série "le temps des hommes"[2]
- L’Homme du destin, Larrieu-Bonnel,1972
- La Ville blanche, Julliard, 1973, Tome 3 de la série "le temps des hommes"[2]
- La coupe est pleine, France-Empire, 1975
- La Mort du connétable, Julliard, 1976, Tome 4 de la série "le temps des hommes"[2]
- Les Feux du crépuscule, Plon, 1977
- Les Clartés du jour, Plon, 1978
- Le Lion et le Marabout, Plon, 1979
- Les Lueurs de l’aube, Plon, 1981
- Une plume et un micro, Plon, 1982
- Et maintenant si nous parlions de l’Afrique du Sud, Plon, 1983
- Une fois la nuit venue, Plon, 1984
- Lettre ouverte à ceux qui en ont plus qu’assez du socialisme, Albin Michel, 1985
- La Rivière de la guerre, Julliard, 1985
- Le Fils unique, Plon, 1988
- Le Rendez-vous d’Elchingen, Plon, 1990
- Nous parlerons de Rome, Le Fallois, 1992
- Le Temps d’apprendre à vivre, Le Rocher, 1993
- Le Temps qui tient au cœur, Le Rocher, 1996
External links
- "Obituary". The Guardian. 25 July 2000. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2000/jul/25/guardianobituaries.
- (French) Dossier
- (French) Homage to Michel Droit
- (French) Homage to Michel Droit
Notes
- ^ (French) Un accident de chasse, une balle qui part toute seule, un compagnon qui s’abat à trente mètres et qui meurt dans ses bras
- ^ a b c d Série "Le temps des hommes"
Cultural offices Preceded by
Joseph KesselSeat 27
Académie française
1980–2000Succeeded by
Pierre NoraCategories:- 1923 births
- 2000 deaths
- People from Vincennes
- Members of the Académie française
- French journalists
- French novelists
- Burials at Passy Cemetery
- Grand Prix du Roman winners
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