2023-09-26 08:52:19
The successor to Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, who died in August, as permanent secretary of the French Academy must be appointed this Thursday, September 28.
Two candidates, the writers Amin Maalouf and Jean-Christophe Rufin, will face each other during the election on Thursday of a new perpetual secretary of the French Academy, a member of the administrative commission of the French Academy told AFP on Tuesday. institution.
The vote to designate the successor of Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, who died in August, is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, according to very simple terms: only votes for one of these two men will be counted.
“Some sacrifices”
Initially several names circulated such as Xavier Darcos, Frédéric Vitoux, Jean-Marie Rouart, Erik Orsenna Marc Lambron and even François Sureau, as reported The world.
But only the favorite Amin Maalouf, a 74-year-old Franco-Lebanese writer and 1993 Goncourt Prize winner for Le Rocher de Tanios, and Jean-Christophe Rufin, a 71-year-old former diplomat and 2001 Goncourt Prize winner (Red Brazil) ended up being a candidate.
“At first tempted to give up, I came to the conclusion that our great cause deserves some sacrifices,” wrote Jean-Christophe Rufin in his application letter, quoted by the daily Le Monde.
The permanent secretary of the French Academy is the member who directs this institution responsible for defending and promoting the French language. There have only been 32 people to hold this position since 1634.
The Academy has 40 seats, but only 35 are occupied today, including 28 by men and seven by women. A national tribute to Hélène Carrère d’Encausse must be paid by Emmanuel Macron in the courtyard of the Invalides, on October 3, according to Le Monde.
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