Wladimir d'Ormesson
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Wladimir d'Ormesson was a French essayist, novelist, journalist and diplomat.
He was successively ambassador in Vatican city
, Buenos Aires
and Santiago
, and wrote many essays (Dans la nuit européenne, La Confiance de l’Allemagne) and some novels (La Préface d'une vie). D'Ormesson was elected to the Académie Française
in 1956. He was also the president of the Office de radiodiffusion télévision française.
He was successively ambassador in Vatican city
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
and Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
, and wrote many essays (Dans la nuit européenne, La Confiance de l’Allemagne) and some novels (La Préface d'une vie). D'Ormesson was elected to the Académie Française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1956. He was also the president of the Office de radiodiffusion télévision française.