Andre frossard biography

André Frossard was a French journalist and essayist.

In this short book, André Frossard tells how he was converted to Catholicism in a totally unexpected and free way.

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A conversion memoir, yes, but a bit of an odd one. In this page book that was a bestseller in France, published in and translated into English in , high profile French journalist Andre Frossard spends the first pages trying to establish why he should have had no religion at all, before he relates the one unexpected moment that changed everything, the "I have met Him" moment of the book's title. The book lacks any sort of preachiness, its sometimes humorous tone more reflecting the shock that Frossard feels that this encounter should have ever happened. Frossard would later write, according to his obituary in the Independent, "I was as surprised to find myself a Catholic when I left the chapel as I would have been show more to find myself a giraffe when I left the zoo."

Frossard's father was very active in socialist politics, and growing up between the world wars there was no question of religion in his household or social circles. God did not exist, and the matter was not worth any attention. He writes, "We were what could be called perfect atheists, the kind that no longer ever question their atheism. The militant anti-clericals who still survived and spent their time speaking at public meetings against religion seemed

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Frossard, Andre

Biography

French writer, a journalist and novelist. He was a reporter at L’Intransigeant, '36, columnist at L’Aurore, Le Figaro and editorial writer for Nouveau Candide.

The son of a former minister, he converted to Catholicism on 8 July and many of his novels were inspired by religious themes. He was the author of "God Exists: I've Met Him." Other works included "The House of the Hostages."

He was elected to the French Academy on 18 June

Frossard married on 31 December

Died on 2 February , Versailles, France.

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Events

Work&#;: New Career (Reporter, two years)

Social&#;: Joined group 8 July (Converted to Catholicism)

Social&#;: Joined group 18 June (Elected to French Academy)

Death, Cause unspecified 2 February at noon in Versailles, France (Age 80)

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André Frossard

French newswoman and essayist

André Frossard
Born	()14 January Saint-Maurice-Colombier, France
Died	2 Feb () (aged&#;80) Versailles, France
Occupation(s)	Essayist, student

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Early life

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