Maurice Druon — French Novelist born on April 23, 1918, died on April 14, 2009

Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie française, of which he served as “Perpetual Secretary” between 1985 and 1999... (wikipedia)

I love English. I learned it from the speeches of Winston Churchill.
Anarchy is as detestable in grammar as it is in society.
I lived the life of Londoners - and thence comes my immense gratitude and my deep attachment with the British people. I do not think there has ever been a people in the world who displayed a heroism as discreet, as mundane and as universal.
I love English, though I now call it 'Anglo- American' because we no longer speak British English due to globalization and America's economic power.
Socialist ideology is making France go to pot, and the French language with it.