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Biography
Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer. Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Française on 31 December 1972, and became an honorary member the following day. He was an officer in the Légion d'honneur and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite. He was married to actress Françoise Engel (who died in 2005), and was a professor in the dramatic arts of the Simon Course. He died on 18 September 2018 at age 93 of heart attack, five days before his 94th birthday. Source: Article "Jean Piat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Awards & recognition
- Prix du Brigadier · 2012
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit · 2011
- Paulée de Meursault Prize · 1998
- prix Renaissance des lettres · 1995
- Commander of the National Order of Merit · 1993
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- Broquette-Gonin prize · 1980
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
