Bertrand Poirot Delpech
- Category : 1929-births
- Type : MGP
- Profile : 3/6 - Martyr / Role Model
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Explanation 1
Biography
French journalist, essayist and novelist.
At the age of 22, he began his career as a journalist with Le Monde. He successively had charge of several sections: the university column (1951–1955), the "Great Trials" column (1956–1959) and the theatre criticism section (1960–1971). In 1972, he took over as a reviewer for the "Monde des Livres". Beginning in 1989, he wrote a weekly column in Le Monde.
In addition to several published novels, he wrote screenplays for television and the cinema.
He was elected to the Académie française on 10 April 1986. He died on 14 November 2006.