Alain Decaux
French historian

Alain Decaux

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French historian
Gender:
Male
Places:
France
Is:
JournalistTelevision presenterRadio personalityWriterEssayistBiographerScreenwriterActorTelevision producerFilm actor
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & RadioJournalismLiteratureScience
Birth:
23 July 1925(Lille, France)
Death:
27 March 2016(Georges Pompidou European Hospital, France)
Star sign:
Leo
Religions:
Catholic church
Education:
Lycée Faidherbe
Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
Paris Law Faculty
Faculty of Arts of Paris
Awards:
Grand Cross of the National Order of MeritCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourCommander of the Order of Prince HenryCommander of the National Order of the LionOrder of ValourMontyon PrizePierre Lafue Prize
Family:
Mother:
Louise Tiprez
Father:
Francis Decaux
Spouse(s):
Micheline Pelletier
Children:
Laurent Decaux
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Biography

Alain Decaux (23 July 1925 − 27 March 2016) was a French historian by profession. He was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979.

In 2005, he was, with others authors as Frédéric Beigbeder, Mohamed Kacimi, Richard Millet and Jean-Pierre Thiollet, among the Beirut Book Fair's main guests in the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center, commonly (BIEL).