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Bernard Pingaud (12 October 1923 – 25 February 2020) was a French politician and writer.^[1]

Education and career

Pingaud studied at the Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine and the Lycée Henri IV in Paris. In 1943, he enrolled at the École normale supérieure, and then became the debate secretary for the French National Assembly until 1974. He published his first novel in 1943, titled Mon beau navire.

During the Algerian War, Pingaud was one of the people who signed the Manifesto of the 121. In 1968, he founded the Union des écrivains with Jean-Pierre Faye and Michel Butor. After leading the union until 1973, Pingaud led the group Secrétariat à l'Action Culturelle of the Socialist Party until 1979.

From 1983 to 1987, Pingaud served as a cultural adviser for the Embassy of France in Cairo. From 1990 to 1993, he was president of the Maison des écrivains et de la littérature in Paris. He was one of the primary writers for the magazine L'Arc.

Pingaud lived in Collias from 1997 until his death.^[2] He was the father of Denis Pingaud.^[3]

Bernard Pingaud died on 25 February 2020 at the age of 96.^[4]

^ "Bernard Pingaud, à l'extrême de sa " tâche sans fin "". Diacritik (in French). 27 February 2020.
^ "Septimanie n°3 - Décembre 2004". laRégion.fr (in French). 5 December 2014. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015.
^ "Denis Pingaud". Les Echos (in French). 18 June 2008.
^ "L'écrivain Bernard Pingaud est mort". Le Monde (in French). 27 February 2020.

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