Roger Peyrefitte
Born: Aug 17, 1907 AD
Died: 2000 AD, at 93 years of age.
Nationality:
French
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1907 - Born in Castres on the 17th of August.
1930 - His year from Ecole des Sciences Politiques.
1933-1938 - He worked as an embassy secretary in Athens.
1944 - He wrote openly about his homoerotic experiences in boarding school.
1945 - Won the coveted prix Renaudot.
1951 - In Les Ambassades, he revealed the ins and outs of diplomacy.
1953 - He also attacked the Vatican and Pius.
1959 - He also wrote about Baron Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen's exile in Capri.
1967 - He tells their story in Notre amour.
1973 - Translated Greek pederastic love poetry, Flammarion.
1978 - L'Enfant de cœur.
2000 - Died on the 5th of November.
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