Marc Blancpain


Marc Blancpain - French journalist, writer and historian. He was born on September 29, 1909 in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache and died on April 7, 2001 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He graduated from the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud. He was awarded the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, the Croix de guerre 1939–1945, the Commander of the Legion of Honour, the Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit.