Léonard Gianadda
Illustration — Gianadda in 1984 (by Erling Mandelmann) Léonard Gianadda (23 August 1935 – 3 December 2023) was a Swiss journalist (TSR), engineer, and philanthropist. He was the founder and president of the Fondation Pierre Gianadda.
Also recorded as Leonard Gianadda
Léonard Gianadda
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- Born
- 1935 · Martigny.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- journalist · engineer · artist · philanthropist · art collector · patron of the arts · photographer
- Education
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
- Honours
- Knight of the National Order of Merit · Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Gianadda in 1984 (by Erling Mandelmann) Léonard Gianadda (23 August 1935 – 3 December 2023) was a Swiss journalist (TSR), engineer, and philanthropist. He was the founder and president of the Fondation Pierre Gianadda.
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Life and career
Life and career
Léonard Gianadda studied at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. The recorded working language is German. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the National Order of Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Born in Martigny in 1935, Gianadda got his Engineering diploma in 1961 at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. From 1961, Gianadda ran his own engineering agency and built more than a thousand apartments in Martigny. He founded the Fondation Pierre Gianadda in 1978 after his brother Pierre died in 1976. Gianadda died of bone cancer on 3 December 2023, at the age of 88.
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Léonard Gianadda is recorded with the occupation engineer. Recorded with the occupation artist. The register further records that léonard Gianadda is recorded with the occupation philanthropist. It is also recorded that léonard Gianadda is recorded with the occupation art collector. Recorded with the occupation civil engineer. The register further records that léonard Gianadda is recorded with the gender male. Born on 23 August 1935. Gianadda died on 3 December 2023. It is also recorded that léonard Gianadda is recorded as human. Recorded with the occupation journalist.
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The scholarly and documentary record stands as follows. Recorded as having received Knight of the National Order of Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1025879937, Exposition Portraits-Rencontres, Photographies des Années 50 de Léonard Gianadda (2012 : Paris).
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- “Léonard Gianadda”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2669987: Léonard Gianadda
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Awards
In 1990 he received the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. In 1997 he was made an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2001 he received The National Order of the Legion of Honour and in 2003 he became an associated member of the Institut de France and the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1025879937, Exposition Portraits-Rencontres, Photographies des Années 50 de Léonard Gianadda (2012 : Paris).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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