Pascal Salin is a French economist, professor emeritus at the Université Paris-Dauphine and a specialist in public finance and monetary economics. He is a former president of the Mont Pelerin Society.
The Order of Arts and Letters is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the Ordre national du Mérite was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant contributions to the arts, literature, or the propagation of these fields.
Stéphane Bern is a French-Luxembourgish journalist, radio host and television presenter. He is known as a specialist in nobility and royalty. He has been awarded honours by several nations, including the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), the Order of Grimaldi (Monaco), and the Order of the British Empire.
Alexandre Najjar is a Lebanese and French writer, lawyer and literary critic. He was born in Beirut and studied at Panthéon-Assas University and University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. He holds a Doctorate in Business administration and is specialized in banking and finance law. He is the author of more than 30 books translated into more than 12 languages. In addition to poetry and novels, he has written non-fiction works like the biography of Khalil Gibran, the author of The Prophet, a book about the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Nazi Germany and a book about the Arab Spring.
Laurence Ruel, known by her pen name Camille Laurens, is a French writer and winner of the 2000 Prix Femina for Dans ces bras-là. Laurens is a member of the Académie Goncourt.
Jean Vauthier was a 20th-century French playwright.
Jules-Joseph Guiffrey was a 19th-century French art historian, a member of the Académie des beaux-arts.
Jean-Michel Leniaud is a French historian of art. A specialist of architecture and art of the 19th and 20th centuries, he was director of the École Nationale des Chartes from 2011 to 2016. He is president of the Société des Amis de Notre-Dame de Paris.
Bernard Chapuis is a French writer and journalist.
Jeannine Gabrielle Marie Ange Champion, better known as Jeanne Champion was a French painter and historical novelist.
Yannick Haenel is a French writer, cofounder of the literary magazine Ligne de risque.
Georges Poisson was a French art historian.
Raymond Escholier, real name Raymond-Antoine-Marie-Emmanuel Escolier, was a French journalist, novelist and art critic. He was curator of the Maison de Victor Hugo and of the Petit Palais.
Thierry Desjardins is a French reporter and pamphleteer, who works as a journalist for Le Figaro.
Hubert Nyssen was a Belgian-French writer, publisher and founder of the Éditions Actes Sud.
Marc Ogeret was a French singer.
Michèle Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens (1934–2018) was a French archaeologist and art historian, specializing in the material culture of early China.
Jacques Anthony Louis Beltrand was a French engraver.
The Prix Bordin is a series of prizes awarded annually by each of the five institutions making up the Institut Français since 1835.
