Abel Bonnard

Abel Bonnard studied at Lycée Thiers, Lycée Louis-le-Grand and Faculty of Arts of Paris. The recorded working language is Spanish and French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are autobiography, travel journal, diary and essay. Positions recorded include municipal councillor of Paris and French Education Minister. Works named in the authority record are Les Familiers, Les Royautés, En Chine and Les Modérés. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française, Croix de guerre 1914–1918 and Concours général.

• Name — Abel Bonnard • Office — Minister of National Education • Prime Minister — François Darlan Pierre Laval • Term Start — 25 February 1942 • Term End — 20 August 1944 • Predecessor — Jérôme Carcopino • Successor — René Capitant • Office1 — Member of the Paris Municipal Council • Term Start1 — 16 December 1942 • Term End1 — 20 August 1944 • Constituency1 — 16th arrondissement • Office2 — Member of the National Council • Appointer2 — Philippe Pétain • Term Start2 — 24 January 1941 • Term End2 — 20 August 1944 • Constituency2 — At-large • Born — 19 December 1883 • Birthplace — Poitiers, Vienne, France • Died — 31 May 1968 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain • Party — French Popular Party (19371941) Groupe Collaboration (19411944) • Education — University of Paris • Occupation — * Writer • Journalist

Born in Poitiers, Vienne, his early education was in Marseille with secondary studies at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. A student of literature, he was a graduate of the École du Louvre. Politically, a follower of Charles Maurras, his views evolved towards fascism in the 1930s. Bonnard was one of the ministers of National Education under the Vichy regime (1942–44). The political satirist Jean Galtier-Boissière gave him the nickname "la Gestapette," a portmanteau of Gestapo and tapette, the latter a pejorative French slang term for homosexual. The name, along with the homosexual inclinations it implied, became well known. He was a member of the committee of the Groupe Collaboration, an organisation that aimed to encourage closer cultural ties between France and Germany. Bonnard was one of four members expelled from the Académie française after World War II for collaboration with Germany. Bonnard was condemned in absentia to death during the épuration légale period for wartime activities. However, he had escaped to Spain where Francisco Franco granted him political asylum. In 1960, he returned to France to face retrial for his crimes. Bonnard received a symbolic sentence of 10 years banishment to be counted from 1945, but dissatisfied with the verdict, he chose to return to Spain where he lived out the remainder of his life.

Abel Bonnard was recorded at birth as Abel Jean Désiré Bonnard. The authorities additionally record the heading Abel Jean Désiré Bonnard. His recorded languages were Spanish and French. He was the child of Ernest Bonnard and Pauline Bonnard. He married Thérèse Murat.

His work is associated with Club des longues moustaches and parnassianism. Recorded positions include municipal councillor of Paris, French Education Minister, member of the National Council, president and seat 12 of the Académie française. He belonged to Académie Française.

Abel Bonnard is recorded as having studied at Lycée Thiers, Lycée Louis-le-Grand and Faculty of Arts of Paris.