Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (born Hélène Zourabichvili; 6 July 1929 – 5 August 2023)Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, grande figure de la culture française, est morte Le Point was a French historian. She was the permanent secretary of the Académie française. She was a well known historian, specializing in Russian history. She was a recipient of Lomonosov Gold Medal in 2008.

Carrère d'Encausse was born in Paris. She was a graduate of the elite Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).

She was elected to seat 14 of the Académie française in 1990, and her academician's sword was made by the sculptor Goudji. She became permanent secretary on 21 October 1999. Even though she was the first woman in a leading role at the Académie Française, she insisted on using the masculine form as her title.

In her book L'Empire éclaté published in 1978 she predicted the fall of the Soviet Union.

She was awarded Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2011).

Carrère d'Encausse died in Paris on 5 August 2023, at the age of 94.

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