Denis Tillinac

Denis Tillinac studied at Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is literature, opinion journalism and literary criticism. Employment is recorded with La Dépêche du Midi, La Montagne and Marianne. Positions recorded include director. Distinctions recorded are Roger Nimier Prix, Kléber-Haedens Prize, Prix Jacques-Chardonne and Eugène Dabit populist novel award.

• Name — Denis Tillinac • Born — 26 May 1947 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 26 September 2020 • Place of death — Vosne-Romanée, Côte-d'Or, France • Education — Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux • Occupation — Journalist Writer

As a writer, he received the following literary prizes: Prix de la Table ronde française (1982), Prix Roger Nimier (1983), Prix Kléber-Haedens (1987), Prix Jacques-Chardonne (1990), Prix du roman populiste (1993), Grand prix de littérature sportive (1993), Prix Paul-Léautaud (1999). He served as Jacques Chirac's personal representative to the Permanent Council of the Francophonie from 1995 to 1998. He wrote a weekly column in Valeurs actuelles. In 2007, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had proposed his name for the post of ambassador to the Holy See. This proposal was not approved by the Vatican, because Denis Tillinac was divorced. He was close to Jacques Chirac. In 2012, he wrote an open letter to Marine Le Pen to ask her to support Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round of the presidential election. He was a Catholic and wrote books about the Catholic origins of France. Tillinac died on 26 September 2020 at the age of 73.