Pierre-Jean Rémy
Pierre -Jean Rémy (birth name: Jean -Pierre Angremy ) ( born March 21, 1937 in Angoulême, † April 28, 2010 in Paris) was a French diplomat and writer.
Biography
Studies and climb to the Ambassador
After schooling at the Lycée Condorcet, he studied from 1955 to 1958 Law at the Institut d' études politiques de Paris, where he graduated with a licentiate, and came beyond a minor in economics. Subsequently, he studied sociology at the Sorbonne and then became an assistant to Herbert Marcuse at the Department of Philosophy and Political Science at Brandeis University in Waltham (Massachusetts ), where he also included a friendship with the French poet Claude Vigée. After his return to France he began in 1961 to study at the School of Administration École nationale d'administration (ENA ), graduating in 1963 with a thesis on the Revolution Antoine de Saint -Just.
After he entered the diplomatic service and was first vice-consul in Hong Kong and after 1964 Second Secretary at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China. After his return to Europe he was 1966 first runner-up and then to 1971, first secretary at the embassy in the United Kingdom. After that, he was for a short time employees in the Directorate General of Cultural Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Quai d' Orsay before 1972 he was seconded to the public- service broadcaster Office de Radio Diffusion Télévision Française ( ORTF ), where he was director first and then as Deputy Director General was responsible for the harmonization of radio programs. In this role he was also president of the Commission for the co-production in film and television, and a member of the Commission for the state film funding authority (Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, CNC).
In 1975 he returned to the diplomatic service and was Counsellor for Culture at the embassy in the United Kingdom. 1979 he was appointed director of theater and events in the Ministry of Culture and 1981 for the project manager for the Opéra Bastille. In 1985 he was Consul General in Florence, and after his return in April 1987 Director General for Cultural, scientific and technical relations at the Foreign Ministry. Then he was between 1990 and 1994 Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to UNESCO and at the same time in October 1992 Member of the Executive Council of UNESCO.
In March 1994 he became director of the Académie de France à Rome in Rome (Villa Medici ). Then he was from January 1997 to 2002, President of the National Library ( Bibliothèque nationale de France ).
Scripture Generic activities and honors
In addition to his diplomatic career Angremy was under his birth name, and since 1963 worked as a writer under the pseudonym " Pierre -Jean Rémy " and wrote in his lifetime 67 novels and numerous essays. His other aliases included Nicolas Meilcour, Raymond Marlot, Jean -René and Pierre Pallas Lempety. He also worked for many years as a theater critic for the weekly magazine " Le Point " as well as a music critic for the magazines " harmony ", " Diapason " and " Revue des Deux Mondes ."
For his novel " Le Sac du Palais d' été " ( Gallimard ), he received the 1971 Prix Renaudot. For the novel " L' Orient- Express II " him the narrative prize of the French Academy in 1984 and awarded in 1986 " Une ville immortelle " for the novel of the Grand Prix du Roman de l' Académie française.
His most important works include next:
- " Et Gulliver mourut de sommeil ", Julliard, 1962.
- " Midi ou l' assassination ", Julliard, 1963.
- " Mémoires secrets pour servir à l' histoire de ce siècle ", Gallimard, 1974.
- " Callas, une vie ", Albin Michel, 1979 ( Biography )
- " Don Juan ", Albin Michel, 1982.
- " Comédies italiennes ", Flammarion, 1984.
- " Berlioz ", Albin Michel, 2002.
- "Villa Médicis: Journal de Rome ", Odile Jacob, 2008.
- "Voyage presidentiel ", Éditions du Seuil, 2010 ( posthumously ).
For his services he was appointed as the successor of religion scientist and sociologist Georges Dumézil a member of the Académie française on 16 June 1988 and was there until his death holder of the seat 40 ( fauteuil 40).
He was also Commander de la Légion d' Honneur (C. LH), Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.