Jean-Denis Bredin (born Jean-Denis Hirsch: 17 May 1929 – 1 September 2021) was a French attorney and founding partner of the firm

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. He was widely admired as an author-commentator, both for his novels and for his non-fiction works, with a particular focus on recent and contemporary history. On 15 June 1989, he was elected to membership of the

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, becoming the twentieth occupant of seat 3, which had been vacated through the death of

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. His daughter,

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, served between 2013 and 2019 as President of the French

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. Bredin died on 1 September 2021 aged 92.

Bibliography

* ''Traité de droit du commerce international, en collaboration avec le doyen Loussouarn'' – Sirey – 1969 * ''La République de Monsieur Pompidou'' – Julliard – 1974 * ''Les Français au pouvoir'' – Grasset – 1977 * ''Éclats, en collaboration avec Jack Lang et Antoine Vitez'' – Simoën – 1978 * ''Joseph Caillaux'' – Hachette Littérature – 1980 * ''Rapport de la mission de réflexion et de propositions sur le cinéma, rapport au ministre de la Culture'' – 1981 * ''L’Affaire'' – Julliard – 1983 * ''Rapport de la mission sur l’enseignement des métiers du cinéma et de l’audiovisuel, rapport aux ministres de l’Éducation nationale, de la Culture et de l’Industrie'' – 1984 * ''Un coupable'' – Gallimard – 1985 * ''Les Nouvelles Télévisions hertziennes, rapport au Premier ministre'' –

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– 1985 * ''L’Absence'' – Gallimard – 1986 * ''La Tâche'' – Gallimard – 1988 * ''Sieyès'' – Le Fallois – 1989 * ''Un enfant sage'' – Gallimard – 1990 * ''Battements de cœur'' –

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– 1991 * ''Bernard Lazare'' – Le Fallois – 1992 * ''L’Affaire, nouvelle édition refondue'' – Fayard-Julliard – 1993 * ''Comédie des apparences'' – Odile Jacob – 1994 * ''Encore un peu de temps'' – Gallimard – 1996 * ''Convaincre, Dialogue sur l’éloquence, en collaboration avec

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'' – Odile Jacob – 1997 * ''Une singulière famille'' – Fayard – 1999 * ''Rien ne va plus'' – Fayard – 2000 * ''Lettre à Dieu le Fils'' – Grasset – 2001 * ''Un tribunal au garde-à-vous. Le procès de Pierre Mendès-France, 9 mai 1941'' – Fayard – 2002 * ''Et des amours desquelles nous parlons'' – Fayard – 2004 * ''Mots et pas perdus'' – Plon – 2005 * ''On ne meurt qu'une fois, Charlotte Corday'' – Fayard – 2006 *''L'infamie: Le procès de Riom'' – Grasset – 2012 * ''The Affair: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus -'' newly edited and translated –

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-George Braziller �
2014

References

* 1929 births 2021 deaths Writers from Paris Members of the Académie Française French male writers French Roman Catholics French people of Jewish descent 20th-century French lawyers 21st-century French lawyers {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub