André Frossard

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André Frossard
Born(1915-01-14)14 January 1915
Versailles, France
Occupation(s)Essayist, student
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André Frossard (14 January 1915 – 2 February 1995) was a French

essayist.[1]

Early life

André Frossard was born on 14 January 1915 in Saint-Maurice-Colombier, Doubs, France. His father, Louis-Oscar Frossard, was one of the founders of the French Communist Party and served as its first Secretary-General. Later he held a series of ministerial positions in the Government of the Popular Front. Frossard's paternal grandmother was Jewish, and his home village in Foussemagne, France was the only village in France with a synagogue but no church.[2] After attending the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs to complete his education, Frossard began a career in journalism as a cartoonist and columnist.

Conversion to Roman Catholicism

Raised as an

Catholicism
and was baptized in the chapel of the Sisters of Adoration on 8 July 1935. He explained his conversion in the title of his 1969 bestseller Dieu existe, je l'ai rencontré (God Exists, I Met Him).

French Resistance

Frossard joined the

Legion of Honor and promoted to the rank of officer by General Charles de Gaulle
.

After World War II

After the war, Frossard worked at

L'Aurore before joining Figaro and Le Monde. He attended many conferences in France and abroad, mainly in Italy, where the city of Ravenna elected him an honorary citizen in 1986. Frossard presented televisions shows like Voyage sans passeport
.

Frossard was elected to the

Académie française Seat 2 to the chair of the René de La Croix de Castries on 18 June 1987, and was received into the institution on 10 March 1988 by Catholic Father Ambroise-Marie Carré.[3]

By 1990, Frossard had written about 15,000 newspaper articles and several books, mostly regarding religion. In 1990, Pope John Paul II awarded him the Grand Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

Death

Frossard died in

Versailles on 2 February 1995 and is buried in the cemetery of Caluire-et-Cuire.[4]

Bibliography

Honours and awards

  • Officier de la
    Légion d'honneur
  • Croix de guerre 1939-1945
  • Médaille de la Résistance

References

  1. ^ "29534076". viaf.org. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  2. ^ "A Town in Alsace Exclusively Jewish". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1923-11-18. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  3. ^ "andre-frossard". Academie Française. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  4. ^ Douglas Johnson (22 October 2011). "OBITUARIES:Andre Frossard". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07.
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