Alain Decaux
Alain Decaux | |
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Alain Decaux in 2011 | |
| Born | 23 July 1925 Lille, France |
| Died | 27 March 2016 (aged 90) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, writer |
| Known for | Member of the Académie française |
Alain Decaux (23 July 1925 − 27 March 2016) was a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979.
In 2005, he was, with others authors as Frédéric Beigbeder, Mohamed Kacimi, Richard Millet and Jean-Pierre Thiollet, among the Beirut Book Fair's main guests in the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center, commonly (BIEL).