Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (born Hélène Zourabichvili; 6 July 1929 – 5 August 2023)[1] was a French historian. She was the permanent secretary of the Académie française. She was a well known historian, specializing in Russian history. She was a recipient of Lomonosov Gold Medal in 2008.
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 Carrère d'Encausse in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1994–1999 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Académie Française | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1990–2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2023 | Perpetual Secretary | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Hélène Zourabichvili 6 July 1929 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 August 2023 (aged 94) Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Rally for the Republic | ||||||||||||||||||
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Louis Carrère (m. 1952) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3, including Emmanuel and Marina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Georges Zourabichvili | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Profession | Historian | ||||||||||||||||||
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Carrère d'Encausse was born in Paris. She was a graduate of the elite Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).
She was elected to seat 14 of the Académie française in 1990, and her academician's sword was made by the sculptor Goudji. She became permanent secretary on 21 October 1999. Even though she was the first woman in a leading role at the Académie Française, she insisted on using the masculine form as her title.[2]
In her book L'Empire éclaté published in 1978 she predicted the fall of the Soviet Union.[3]
She was awarded Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2011).[4]
Carrère d'Encausse died in Paris on 5 August 2023, at the age of 94.[5]
References
change- ↑ Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, grande figure de la culture française, est morte Le Point
- ↑ Frédéric Martel (2020-11-18). "À l'Académie française on refuse toujours la féminisation des mots… sauf pour "la" Covid" (in French). France Culture. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- ↑ de Villers, Vincent Tremolet (16 March 2018). "Il ne faut pas juger le pouvoir autoritaire de Poutine à l'aune de nos seuls critères" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ↑ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej dnia 31 sierpnia 2011 r. (M.P. Nr 108, poz. 1090)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ↑ "Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, grande figure de la culture française, est morte". Le Point. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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