Wladimir d'Ormesson (2 August 1888,

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– 15 September 1973) was a French essayist, novelist, journalist and diplomat. He was successively ambassador in

Vatican City Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—' * german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ') * pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—' * pt, Cidade do Vati ...

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

and

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...

, and wrote many essays (''Dans la nuit européenne'', ''La Confiance de l'Allemagne'') and some novels (''La Préface d'une vie''). D'Ormesson was elected to the Académie française in 1956. He was also the president of the Office de radiodiffusion télévision française.

Works

*''Les Jets d'eau'', 1913 *''La Préface d'une vie'', 1919 *''Nos illusions sur l'Europe centrale'', 1922 *"La Question de Tanger", ''Revue de Paris'', 1922 *''Dans la nuit européenne'', 1923 *''Les résultats de la politique de la Ruhr'', 1924 *''Portraits d'hier et d'aujourd'hui'', 1927 *''La Première Mission de la France aux États-Unis'', 1928 *''La Confiance de l'Allemagne ?'', 1929 *''Enfances diplomatique, souvenirs'', 1931 *''La Grande Crise mondiale de 1857'', 1932 *''La Révolution allemande'', 1934 *''Qu'est-ce qu'un Français ?'', 1935 *''Vue cavalière de l'Europe'', 1936 *''L'Éternel Problème allemand'', 1945 *''La Ville éternelle'', 1956 *''Mission à Rome'', 1957 *''La Ville et les Champs'', 1958 *''La Papauté'', 1958 *''Les vraies confidences'', 1962 *''Auprès de Lyautey'', 1963 *''Présence du Général de Gaulle'', 1971 *''Les Propos'', 1973

References

online biography (in French)

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ormesson, Wladimir d 1888 births 1973 deaths Writers from Saint Petersburg Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Members of the Académie Française French male novelists 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers French diplomats