Alain Decaux (23 July 1925 − 27 March 2016) was a French historian. He was elected to the

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on 15 February 1979. In 2005, he was, with others authors as

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, Mohamed Kacimi,

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and

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, among the

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Book Fair's main guests in the

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, commonly (

BIEL , french: Biennois(e) , neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Nidau, Orpund, Orvin, Pieterlen, Port, Safnern, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Vauffelin , twintowns = Iserlohn (Germany) ...

).''Improvisation ''so'' piano'',

, Neva Ed., 2017, p. 277.

Bibliography

* 1947 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1949 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1951 ' (in collaboration with

André Castelot André Castelot, born André Storms (23 January 1911, Antwerp – 18 July 2004, Neuilly-sur-Seine), was a French writer and scriptwriter born in Belgium. He was the son of the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas and Gabrielle Storms-Castelot (née ...

, J.-C. Simard, and J.-F. Chiappe) * 1952 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1952 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1953 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1954 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1954 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1956-1957 ' (in collaboration with Stellio Lorenzi and André Castelot) * 1957 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1957-1966 ' (in collaboration with Stellio Lorenzi and André Castelot) * 1958 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1958 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1960 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1961 ' (in collaboration with J.-F. Chiappe) * 1962 ' (in collaboration with A. Castelot and J.-F. Chiappe) * 1962 ' (réalisation de Stellio Lorenzi) * 1963 ' (Grand prix du disque) * 1964 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1964 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1964 ' (Grand prix du disque) * 1966 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1966 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1967 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1967 ' (réalisation de Robert Hossein) * 1968 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1968 ' * 1968 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1969 ' (in collaboration with André Castelot and Général Kœnig). (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1969-1981 ' * 1971 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1972 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1975 ' (in collaboration with R. Hossein and G. Soria) * 1975-1976 ' (œuvre radiophonique) * 1976 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1976-1977 ', (8 vol. in collaboration with André Castelot, Jacques Levron and

Marcel Jullian Marcel Jullian (31 January 1922—28 June 2004) was a French author, screenwriter for French film and television, and occasional director. He was one of the founders of the TV channel Antenne 2, and its first president from January 1975 to Decem ...

) (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1977 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1978 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1978 ' (in collaboration with

Robert Hossein Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' and appeared in '' Vice and Virtue'', '' Le Casse'', ''Les Uns et les Autres'' and ''V ...

and G. Soria) * 1979 ' (in collaboration with S. Lorenzi and G. Soria) * 1979 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1980 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1981 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1981-1985 ' * 1982 '' Les Misérables, d'après Victor Hugo'' (screenplay, directed by

) * 1982 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1983 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1983 ' * 1984 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1985 ' * 1985-1987 ' * 1986 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1987 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1987 ' (in collaboration with R. Hossein) * 1987 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1987-1988 ' * 1988 ' (in collaboration with S. Lorenzi and G. Soria) * 1988 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1991 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1991 ' * 1992 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1993 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1993 ' (in collaboration with A. Castelot) * 1993 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1994 ' * 1994 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1995 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1996 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1996 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1997 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1997 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1998 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 1999 ' (in collaboration with Alain Peyrefitte) * 1999 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 2000 ' (Librairie académique Perrin) * 2002 ' (Perrin) * 2002 ' * 2005 ' (Perrin) * 2007 ' (Perrin)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Decaux, Alain 1925 births 2016 deaths Writers from Lille 20th-century French historians Members of the Académie Française Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Lycée Janson-de-Sailly alumni French male non-fiction writers