NormanH Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Simone Veilreputedly the favourite woman of the French was made a member of the Académie Française today, taking Racine's 'fauteil' She was deported to Auschwitz during the war, but later became a French Health Minister, pushing through contraception for women and legalizing abortion.The ornate and cultured 'discours' by Jean d'Ormesson (one of my favourite stylists in French) is here:http://lewesternculturel.blogs.courrierinternational.com/archive/2010/03/18/discours-de-jean-d-ormesson.htmland her acceptance speech in which she speaks of Pierre Messmer a Gaullist who was at one time de Gaulle's Army Minister then Prime Minister under Pompidou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 This time it is you Norman. Thank you for mentioning this.I happened to put the TV on this afternoon for something else and this was on live. Just sat watching it all through Simone Veil's speech, then Jean d'Ormesson's. You can do nothing else than listen when he's around. He was marvellous as usual, still as captivating and pétillant as ever. Ornate and cultured, you are right. It was a great moment which I'm glad I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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