{{Short description|French writer, historian and politician (1932{{endash}}2017)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Max Gallo | image = Max Gallo MEP 1984 (cropped).jpg | caption = Gallo in 1984 | birth_name = Max Louis Jules Gallo | office = Member of the European Parliament | term_start = 24 July 1984 | term_end = 18 July 1994 | constituency = France | office1 = Spokesperson of the Government | term_start1 = 22 March 1983 | term_end1 = 17 July 1984 | president1 = | prime_minister1 = Pierre Mauroy | predecessor1 = André Rossi | successor1 = Roland Dumas | office2 = {{NA MP}}<br>for Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency | term_start2 = 21 June 1981 | term_end2 = 22 April 1983 | predecessor2 = Charles Ehrmann | successor2 = Francis Giolitti | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|01|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = Nice, France | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|07|18|1932|01|07|df=yes}} | death_place = Vaison-la-Romaine, France | spouse = Marielle Gallo | party = Socialist Party (1974{{endash}}1992) | profession = Historian }}
'''Max Louis Jules Gallo''' ({{IPA|fr|maks ɡalo|lang}}; 7 January 1932 – 18 July 2017) was a French writer, historian and politician. He wrote over one hundred books.<ref>Carla Mirza (24 July 2017), [https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/books/famous-french-historian-and-writer-max-gallo-dies-at-85-1.613664?videoId=5586140233001 "Famous French historian and writer Max Gallo dies at 85"], ''The National''. Retrieved 2 October 2019.</ref> He served in the National Assembly (1981{{endash}}1983), as Spokesperson of the Government under Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy (1983{{endash}}1984), and in the European Parliament (1984{{endash}}1994).
The son of Italian immigrants (his father was of Piedmontese descent and his mother was from the region of Parma),<ref>{{cite web|last1=Decaux|first1=Alain|title=Réponse au discours de réception de M. Max Gallo|url=http://www.academie-francaise.fr/reponse-au-discours-de-reception-de-m-max-gallo|accessdate=27 March 2016}}</ref> Gallo's early career was in journalism. At the time, he was a Communist (until 1956). In 1974, he joined the Socialist Party. In the 1990s he was close to Jean-Pierre Chevènement. On 26 April 2007, the Académie Française recorded his candidacy for its Seat 24, formerly held by the late Jean-François Revel. He was elected to the Académie Française on 31 May 2007.
==Honours== * Commander of the Legion of Honour (2009)<ref>{{cite web|lang=fr|website=Légifrance|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000020506679|title=Décret du 10 avril 2009 portant nomination}}</ref> * Grand Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (2013)<ref>{{cite web|lang=fr|website=Légifrance|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000027408483|title=Décret du 14 mai 2013 portant élévation aux dignités de grand'croix et de grand officier}}</ref>
==Bibliography== * ''La Cinquième colonne : Et ce fut la défaite de 40 (Français) Broché – 1 septembre 1984'' * ''Le Cortège des vainqueurs'', Robert Laffont, 1972 * ''Un pas vers la mer'', Robert Laffont, 1973 * ''L’Oiseau des origines'', Robert Laffont, 1974, Grand prix des lectrices de Elle * ''Que sont les siècles pour la mer'', Robert Laffont, 1977 * ''Une affaire intime'', Robert Laffont, 1979 * ''France'', Grasset, 1980 * ''Un crime très ordinaire'', Grasset, 1982 * ''La Demeure des puissants'', Grasset, 1983 * ''Au nom de tous les miens'', with Martin Gray, Robert Laffont, 1971 * ''Le Beau Rivage'', Grasset, 1985 * ''Belle Époque'', Grasset, 1986 * ''La Route Napoléon'', Robert Laffont, 1987 * ''Que Passe la Justice du Roi: Vie, procès et supplice du chevalier de La Barre'', Robert Laffont, 1987 * ''Une affaire publique'', Robert Laffont, 1989 * ''Le Regard des femmes'', Robert Laffont, 1991 * ''Les Fanatiques'', Fayard, 2006 * ''Fier d'être français'', Fayard, 2006 * ''Les Romains: Spartacus, la révolte des esclaves'', Fayard, 2006 * ''L'Italie de Mussolini'', Editions Tallandier, 1973 * '' Dieu le veut'', XO éditions, Paris, 2015 * Napoleon :* I. : Le Chant du départ [The Song of Departure] (1769-1799), Robert Laffont, 1997 :* II. : Le Soleil d'Austerlitz [The Sun of Austerlitz] (1799-1805), Robert Laffont, 1997 :* III. : L'Empereur des rois [The Emperor of Kings] (1806-1812), Robert Laffont, 1997 :* IV. : L'Immortel de Sainte-Hélène [The Immortal of St Helena] (1812-1821), Robert Laffont, 1997
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== * Jean-Louis de Rambures, "Comment travaillent les écrivains", Paris 1978 (interview with Max Gallo, in French)
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://academie-francaise.fr/actualites/index.html L'Académie française] {{in lang|fr}} * [http://www.iht.com/articles/1998/07/14/gallo.t.php Max Gallo: Seeking a Sense of France's Identity] by John Vinocur, ''International Herald Tribune''
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