French President Nicolas Sarkozy, “head and protector of the Académie”, praised the work of the Immortals on Thursday November 14, at the ceremony for the presentation of the 9e Dictionary edition.
A dictionary is a cathedral. And before Notre-Dame de ParisIt was a paper edifice that the “head and protector of the Académie” inaugurated with great pomp on Thursday November 14th, under the dome of the Institut de France. The President of the Republic arrived in the afternoon on the Quai de Conti, for a ceremony to present the 9e edition in the presence of numerous guests, including Rachida DatiMinister of Culture, and above all the Immortals in their green robes. All present to hand over the fruit of a long-term project, after so many years of questioning usage, weighing up each word, and debating. An original method, with the art of the long haul.
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