The writer René de Obaldia died at the age of 103, the French Academy announced on Thursday, of which he had been a member since 1999.
Born in 1918 in Hong Kong, he was a poet and playwright, and had published shortly before reaching his 100th birthday. pearls of life (Grasset editions), where he noted the proverb: “To become a centenarian, you have to start young”.
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