French-Jewish historian and publisher Pierre Nora is renowned for editing the monumental series of volumes “Lieux de Mémoire” for the French publisher Gallimard. Literally, the title means, “Places of ...
A version of this column originally ran in Le Devoir on August 4, 2025. Translated from the French by Elettra Pauletto. When I was a young reporter, I envied my elders’ ability to write obituaries of ...
Pierre Charles Nora (17 November 1931 – 2 June 2025) was a French historian elected to the Académie Française on 7 June 2001. As editor at Éditions Gallimard, he established the Library of Social ...