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Jean-Christophe Rufin (born 28 June 1952) is a French doctor, diplomat, historian, globetrotter and novelist.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 36 relations: Académie Française, Action Against Hunger, Africa, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Bourges, Brazil Red, Buchenwald concentration camp, Cher (department), Découvertes Gallimard, Dominique de Villepin, Eritrea, French Resistance, Human Rights League (France), International Federation for Human Rights, International Review of the Red Cross, Israel and apartheid, Jean-François, Latin America, Law on the Freedom of the Press of 29 July 1881, Médecins Sans Frontières, Nazi Germany, Non-governmental organization, Paris, Prix Goncourt, Prix Interallié, Prix Maurice Genevoix, Prix Méditerranée, Racism, Right to exist, Sciences Po, The Abyssinian, Tunisia, United States Department of State, World War II.

  2. Ambassadors of France to Senegal
  3. Ambassadors of France to the Gambia
  4. Joseph Kessel Prize recipients
  5. Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman recipients
  6. Writers from Bourges

Académie Française

The Académie Française, also known as the French Academy, is the principal French council for matters pertaining to the French language.

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Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger (Action Contre La Faim - ACF) is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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Anti-Zionism

Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism.

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Antisemitism

Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against, Jews.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.

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Bourges

Bourges is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre.

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Brazil Red

Brazil Red is a 2001 French historical novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin which recounts the unsuccessful French attempt to conquer Brazil in the 16th century, against a background of wars of religion and a rite-of-passage discovery of the charms and secrets of the Amerindian world.

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Buchenwald concentration camp

Buchenwald (literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937.

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Cher (department)

Cher (Berrichon: Char) is a department in central France, part of the Centre-Val de Loire region.

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Découvertes Gallimard

Découvertes Gallimard (in United Kingdom: New Horizons, in United States: Abrams Discoveries) is an editorial collection of illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in pocket format.

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Dominique de Villepin

Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (born 14 November 1953) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007 under President Jacques Chirac.

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Eritrea

Eritrea (or; Ertra), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara.

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French Resistance

The French Resistance (La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy régime in France during the Second World War.

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Human Rights League (France)

The Human Rights League (Ligue des droits de l’homme or LDH) of France is a Human Rights NGO association to observe, defend and promulgate human rights within the French Republic in all spheres of public life.

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International Federation for Human Rights

The International Federation for Human Rights (Fédération internationale pour les droits humains; FIDH) is a non-governmental federation for human rights organizations.

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International Review of the Red Cross

The International Review of the Red Cross is a quarterly peer-reviewed international humanitarian law journal published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

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Israel and apartheid

Israel's policies and actions in its ongoing occupation and administration of the Palestinian territories have drawn accusations that it is committing the crime of apartheid.

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Jean-François

Jean-François is a French given name.

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Latin America

Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.

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Law on the Freedom of the Press of 29 July 1881

The Law on the Freedom of the Press of 29 July 1881 (Loi sur la liberté de la presse du 29 juillet 1881), often called the Press Law of 1881 or the Lisbonne Law after its rapporteur,, is a law that defines the freedoms and responsibilities of the media and publishers in France.

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Médecins Sans Frontières

italic (MSF; pronounced), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is a charity that provides humanitarian medical care. It is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) of French origin known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Non-governmental organization

A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Prix Goncourt

The Prix Goncourt (Le prix Goncourt,, The Goncourt Prize) is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year".

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Prix Interallié

The prix Interallié (Interallié Prize), also known simply as l'Interallié, is an annual French literary award, awarded for a novel written by a journalist.

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Prix Maurice Genevoix

The Prix Maurice Genevoix (Le prix Maurice Genevoix) is an annual French literary award made in honor of its namesake Maurice Genevoix (1890–1980).

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Prix Méditerranée

The Prix Méditerranée (Mediterranean Prize) is a French literary award.

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Racism

Racism is discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.

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Right to exist

The right to exist is said to be an attribute of nations.

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Sciences Po

Sciences Po or Sciences Po Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Institut d'études politiques de Paris), is a private and public research university located in Paris, France, that holds the status of grande école and the legal status of.

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The Abyssinian

The Abyssinian (L'Abyssin) is a 1997 historical adventure novel by Jean-Christophe Rufin.

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Tunisia

Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Ambassadors of France to Senegal

Ambassadors of France to the Gambia

Joseph Kessel Prize recipients

Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman recipients

Writers from Bourges

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Christophe_Rufin