Who's Who in France

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Who's Who in France is a biographical dictionary published in France and written in French.

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In France it is simply "le Who's Who".

History

The first edition of Who's Who in France was published in 1953 by Jacques Lafitte.

In 1974, Marie-Thérèse Lafitte succeeded her husband after his death. [1]

In 1984 the company was bought by Antoine Hébrard. [2]

At the beginning of the new millennium, a special book was written by Béatrice and Michel Wattel about the deceased people who were in Who's Who in France during their lifetime. The second edition (2005, printed in 2004) is published with the title Qui était qui, XXe siècle (Who was Who, Twentieth Century). [3]

The first photographs (in black and white) appeared (after about 50 years) on paper in the 36th edition for 2005, printed in 2004.

In 2011, Charles de Saint Sauveur revealed in Le Parisien a problem for Who's Who in France about the exact year of birth of the actress Arielle Dombasle. [4]

In April 2013, it was noticed that Who's Who in France wrote falsely [5] that Gilles Bernheim (Chief Rabbi of France) was an " agrégé de philosophie". [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ (in French) http://www.whoswho.fr/page/historique_historique Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ↑ (in French) http://www.whoswho.fr/page/historique_historique Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  3. ↑ (in French) Béatrice et Michel Wattel, Qui était qui, XXe siècle : dictionnaire biographique des Français disparus ayant marqué le XXe siècle, 2nd edition 2005, Levallois-Perret éditions Jacques Lafitte, printed in 2004, 1980 pages, 31 cm ISBN   2-85784-044-6 .
  4. ↑ (in French) Charles de Saint Sauveur, « Le Who's Who, de A à Z », page 34 in Le Parisien (on paper) n° 20871, FridayO21 Octobre 2011 : « Coquetterie. Certains restent à la porte... à cause de leur âge. Comme Arielle Dombasle, visiblement en désaccord avec le nombre d'années que veut lui attribuer la rédaction. » Partly on line in (in French) http://legrandmorning.rtl2.fr/2011/10/le-whos-who-de-a-%C3%A0-z.html  : « Certains restent à la porte à cause de leur âge, comme Arielle Dombasle, visiblement en désaccord avec le nombre d'années que veut lui attribuer la rédaction. » . Retrieved 23 Octobre 2011.
  5. ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/france-s-chief-rabbi-resigns-admits-to-deception-local-media-reports-1.514955 (Haaretz, 11 April 2013 at 3:47 PM) : "Although his official biography did not mention him passing the "agregation," the highly selective examination needed to qualify as a professor, Bernheim never disputed the title when it appeared in newspaper articles and publicity for his books." . Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  6. ↑ (in French) Stéphanie Le Bars, "Les justifications du grand rabbin Bernheim n'effacent pas les critiques", page 13, columns 5-6 in Le Monde (on paper), jeudi 11 avril 2013 : « [...] Alors que sa notice du » (column 5) « Who's who affirme son état d'agrégé, il a ajouté : « Le fait non pas de proclamer partout, mais de laisser dire qu'on est agrégé, permet de mettre un pansement sur une blessure très forte. » [...] » (column 6).
  7. ↑ (in French)Who's Who in France : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l'étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 44th edition for 2013 printed in October 2012, 2371 p., 31 cm, ISBN   978-2-85784-053-4  ; page 268 : "Bernheim, Gilles, Uriel" : « [...] ETUDES ET DIPLÔMES école Aquiba à Strasbourg, diplôme du Séminaire israélite de France  [ fr ] à Paris, université Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne, agrégation de philosophie. [...] ».

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