Denis Tillinac
Denis Tillinac in 2009
Born(1947-05-26)26 May 1947
Paris, France
Died26 September 2020(2020-09-26) (aged 73)
Vosne-Romanée, Côte-d'Or, France
NationalityFrench
EducationInstitut d'études politiques de Bordeaux
Occupation(s)Journalist
Writer

Denis Tillinac (26 May 1947 – 26 September 2020) was a French writer and journalist.[1]

Biography

As a writer, he received the following literary prizes: Prix de la Table ronde française (1982), Prix Roger Nimier (1983), Prix Kléber-Haedens (1987), Prix Jacques-Chardonne (1990), Prix du roman populiste (1993), Grand prix de littérature sportive (1993), Prix Paul-Léautaud (1999).

He wrote a weekly column in Valeurs actuelles.

He was close to Jacques Chirac.[1] In 2012, he wrote an open letter to Marine Le Pen to ask her to support Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round of the presidential election.[2]

He was a Catholic and wrote books about the Catholic origins of France.[3]

Tillinac died on 26 September 2020 at the age of 73.[4]

List of publications

References

  1. ^ a b Denis Tillinac n'aurait pas pu être de gauche : « Chez eux, tout se vaut », Le Parisien, 5 May 2012
  2. ^ Tillinac invite Le Pen à soutenir Sarkozy, Le Figaro, 25 April 2012
  3. ^ Matthieu Mégevand, Denis Tillinac : "Hors de l'amour de Dieu, je me fous de tout" Archived 28 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Le Monde des Religions, 27 January 2011
  4. ^ Mort de Denis Tillinac, écrivain, éditeur et polémiste qui animait la vie de la droite
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