Jean-François Deniau

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Jean François Deniau (born October 31, 1928) is a French statesman, essayist and novelist

Deniau was born in Paris. He was elected to the Académie française on April 9, 1992.

In 1958, he became the director of Foreign Relations for the European Commission. In 1963, he was named French ambassador to Mauritania and in 1967 was appointed as one of the French European Commissioners, as a member of the Rey Commission. He was responsible for the accession negotiations of Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark and Norway and for assistance to developing countries.

[edit] Bibliography

• Le Bord des larmes (1955)
• Le Marché commun (1958)
• La mer est ronde (1975)
• L’Europe interdite (1977)
• Deux heures après minuit (1985)
• La Désirade (1988)
• Un héros très discret (1989)
• L’Empire nocturne (1990)
• Ce que je crois (1992)
• Le Secret du Roi des serpents (1993)
• Mémoires de sept vies. Tome 1 : Les temps aventureux (1994)
• L’Atlantique est mon désert (1996)
• Mémoires de sept vies. Tome 2 : Croire et oser (1997)
• Le Bureau des secrets perdus (1998)
• Tadjoura (1999)
• Histoires de courage (2000)
• La bande à Suzanne (2000)
• L'île Madame (2001)
• Dictionnaire amoureux de la mer (2002)
• La gloire à 20 ans (2003)
• La Double Passion écrire ou agir (2004)
• La Lune et le miroir (2004)
• Le Secret du roi des Serpents (2005)
• Le grand jeu (2005)

[edit] External links

• L'Académie française (French)

Preceded by Jacques Soustelle

Seat 36 Académie française 1992-

Succeeded by Incumbent