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The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.
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Birth: | 5th May, 1935 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Journalist |
Bernard Pivot is a journalist, interviewer and host of French cultural television programmes. He is the chairman of the Académie Goncourt. Pivot was born in Lyon, the son of grocers. During World War II, his father, Charles Pivot, was taken prisoner and his mother moved the family home to the village of Quincié-en-Beaujolais, where Bernard Pivot started school.
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