US EditionThe Franco-Algerian Writer Boualem Sansal Was Awarded the Legion of Honour
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This Thursday, January 1, 2026, several hundred civilian personalities will receive the Legion of Honour. Arthur Denouveaux, Boualem Sansal, Jean-Paul Rouve, Nolwenn Leroy, Guillaume Canet... Discover the list of personalities who will receive their medal today.
The promotion of the Legion of Honour on January 1, 2026 was announced by a decree in the Official Journal. Among the personalities, the British painter David Hockney, the artist Chantal Ladesou or the survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp Ginette Kolinka.
A decree published this Thursday in the Official Gazette lists the persons distinguished by the Legion of Honour. In total, 616 names "engaged in the service of the general interest" are welcomed this year. - Boualem Sansal, Guillaume Canet, Nolwenn Leroy... Here is the promotion of January 1 of the Legion of Honour (Topics of Society).
The Franco-Algérien writer Boualem Sansal, painter David Hockney and singer Nolwenn Leroy are among the distinguished personalities in the promotion of the Legion of Honour on 1 January, according to a decree published this Thursday in the Official Journal.In total, this new civil promotion of the Legion of Honour, the highest of the French national distinctions created in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte, rewards 616 people "engaged in the service of…
The French-Algerian writer was detained almost a year in his native country before being able to return to France, with the Algerian authorities accusing him of some of his writings.
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