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Claude Dufresne

1920 – 2011

French radio host, journalist and writer

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About Claude Dufresne

Lived 1920 – 2011 (aged 91). Claude Dufresne was a French radio personality, journalist, writer, librettist, playwright and historian.

Claude Dufresne (19202011) was a French writer, best known as the author of numerous historical biographies. He won many prizes among them the Prix Goncourt for biography. Among his subjects were Ninon de Lenclos, Anne de Bretagne, Francois I, George Sand, Balzac, Chopin, Morny, Bernard Blier, Hortense Schneider, the Marquise de Sevigne, Marie Antoinette, Marie Walewska, Jacques Offenbach, Luis Mariano, Tristan Bernard, Berlioz, Mistinguette, etc.

He was also a well-known playwright and librettist for the stage.

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Important facts

Born
9 August 1920, 7th arrondissement of Paris
Birth century
20th century
Died
4 October 2011, 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris
Occupation
Radio personality, journalist, writer, librettist, playwright, historian
Nationality
France
Employers
France Inter
Awards
Prix du nouveau cercle de l'Union; Officer of the National Order of Merit; Prix Thérouanne; Eugène Carrière Prize; Knight of the Legion of Honour; Bourse Goncourt de la biographie

People in Claude Dufresne's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Portrait of Bernard
Bernard
b. 1992
Association football player
 Portrait of Tristan Bernard
Tristan Bernard
1866 – 1947
Journalist
 Portrait of Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier
1916 – 1989
Stage actor
 Portrait of Luis Mariano
Luis Mariano
1914 – 1970
Operetta singer
 Portrait of Claude
Claude
b. 2003
Singer

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Claude Dufresne's

Portrait of George Van Biesbroeck
George Van Biesbroeck
1880 – 1974
Astronomer
 Portrait of Yoshisuke Aikawa
Yoshisuke Aikawa
1880 – 1967
Entrepreneur
 Portrait of Alexander Bogomolets
Alexander Bogomolets
1881 – 1946
Physician
 Portrait of Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming
1881 – 1955
Bacteriologist
 Portrait of Alice Catherine Evans
Alice Catherine Evans
1881 – 1975
Microbiologist
 Portrait of Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán
1881 – 1963
Physicist

Frequently asked questions

Who was Claude Dufresne?

French radio host, journalist and writer (1920-2011)

When was Claude Dufresne born?

Claude Dufresne was born on 9 August 1920 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.

When did Claude Dufresne die?

Claude Dufresne died on 4 October 2011 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.

What was Claude Dufresne's occupation?

Claude Dufresne was a radio personality, journalist, writer, librettist, playwright and historian.

What nationality was Claude Dufresne?

Claude Dufresne was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Claude Dufresne

· Wikidata: Q21666181

· DBpedia: Claude Dufresne

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