Pierre-Jean Rémy
Pierre-Jean Rémy is the pen-name of Jean-Pierre Angremy (21 March 1937 – 28 April 2010) who was a French diplomat, novelist, and essayist. He was elected to the Académie française on 16 June 1988, and won the 1986 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for his novel Une ville immortelle.
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Pierre-Jean Rémy

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- Name
- Pierre-Jean Rémy
- Birth Name
- Jean-Pierre Angremy
- Born
- 21 March 1937
- Birthplace
- Angoulême, France
- Died
- 28 April 2010
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Novelist Essayist
- Nationality
- France.
- Education
- Lycée Condorcet, École nationale d'administration and Sciences Po.
- Honours
- Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Prix Renaudot and Max Jacob Prize.
- Languages
- French.
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Pierre-Jean Rémy is the pen-name of Jean-Pierre Angremy (21 March 1937 – 28 April 2010) who was a French diplomat, novelist, and essayist. He was elected to the Académie française on 16 June 1988, and won the 1986 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for his novel Une ville immortelle.
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Pierre-Jean Rémy studied at Lycée Condorcet, École nationale d'administration and Sciences Po. The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include director and President of the National Library of France. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française.
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• Name — Pierre-Jean Rémy • Birth Name — Jean-Pierre Angremy • Born — 21 March 1937 • Birthplace — Angoulême, France • Died — 28 April 2010 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Novelist Essayist
Biography
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Rémy was born in Angoulême, Charente, where he received his primary and secondary education. His studies at Lycée Condorcet were steeped in Latin, Greek, and literature. Beginning in 1955, Rémy studied in Paris at the Institute of Political Studies (Institut d'études politiques), the Faculty of Law (Faculté de droit) of the University of Paris (licence-economic science), and the Sorbonne (sociology). As a Fulbright program scholar, Rémy served as an assistant to the sociologist Herbert Marcuse at Brandeis University in Massachusetts from 1958-59 before returning to Paris to finish his studies at the École nationale d'administration (ENA) in 1963 (class of "Saint-Just").
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Pierre-Jean Rémy was born on 21 March 1937.
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Pierre-Jean Rémy died on 27 April 2010.
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Pierre-Jean Rémy was recorded at birth as Jean-Pierre Antoine Émile Angremy. The authorities additionally record the headings Pierre-Jean Remy and Jean-Pierre Angremy. His recorded language was French. Recorded positions include director, President of the National Library of France, president and seat 40 of the Académie française. He belonged to Académie Française. Rémy received Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Prix Renaudot and Max Jacob Prize.
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