Denis Tillinac, writer, died at the age of 73

The writer Denis Tillinac in March 2020 -

He was a writer, journalist, publisher, polemicist.

He was also close to Jacques Chirac.

One year to the day after the death of the former President of the Republic, Denis Tillinac died at 73 on the night from Friday to Saturday following a heart attack, we learned from Plon editions.

The one who was also a journalist and responsible for a publishing house has signed more than sixty books (novels, stories, essays, short stories, poems, etc.), including his latest

published by Plon, in 2020.

Awarded many prizes

Many prizes have marked his career: the Roger Nimier Prize for

(Robert Laffont) or the Henri-Gal Literature Grand Prize, a reward from the Institut de France on a proposal from the French Academy, for the all of his work.

Known for his commitments to the right, Denis Tillinac was first Chiraquian before becoming a Sarkozyst.

In 2016, the writer participated in a gathering of intellectuals and politicians in Béziers at the initiative of the mayor Robert Ménard, in charge of a round table entitled "Defining what it is to be right-wing".

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