Rencontres

Personalities from the literary world

1991

• Mr. Jean Gaudon, Professor Emeritus of French Literature at the University of Paris XII

1992

• Mr. Gérard Pouchain, Associate Professor, Doctor of letters

1995

• Mr. Cheng Zenghou, Professor of French Literature at Sun-Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

• Mr. Michel Maffesoli, sociologist, Professor Emeritus of the University of Paris-Descartes

2002

• Mrs. Carmen Suarez Léon, Doctor of Philological Sciences from the University of Havana (Cuba)

• Mr. Claude Schopp, Doctor of Letters

• Mr. Arnaud Laster, Professor of French Literature at the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III, President of the Friends of Victor Hugo

• Mrs. Danielle Casiglia-Laster, writer and critic

2004

• Mrs. Reine Prat, Associate Professor of Literature, responsible for the George Sand bicentenary

• Mrs. Claude Millet, Professor of French Literature at the University of Paris-Diderot

• Mr. Frank Laurent, Professor of French Literature at the University of Le Mans

2011

• Mr. Jean Lacroix, writer, specialist in Victor Hugo (Belgium)

2019

• Mrs. Anne-Simone Dufief, Professor Emeritus of French Literature at the University of Angers

• Mr. Pierre-Jean Dufief, Professor Emeritus of French Literature at the University of Paris-Nanterre

2023

• Mrs. Marilise Six, Associate Professor of Classical letters, President of the Lyriades of the French language
• Mr. Jean-Pierre Bois, historian and doctor of letters, author of the first history of peace

2024

• Mr. Jean-Marc Hovasse, research director at CNRS, seconded to Sorbonne University

1991

• Mr. Pierre Hugo, descendant of Victor Hugo

• Mr. Serge Tolstoï, descendant of Léon Tolstoï

• Mrs. Delafon, descendant of Bertin the Elder

• Mr. Alain Poher, President of the Senate

• Mr. Louis G. Marquès, Director of Cabinet at UNESCO

• Mr. Tchinguiz Aitmatov, writer, USSR Ambassador to Luxembourg

• Mr. Michel Pelchat, Deputy for Essonne

• Mr. Ricardo Diez-Hochteilner, diplomat, President of the Club of Rome

• Mr. René Huygue, of the Académie française

• Mr. Georges Poisson, General Curator of Heritage, President of the Writers’ Route

• Mr. André Fage, President and founder of the Bièvres Museum of Photography

1995

• Mr. Nouth Narang, Minister of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia

1998

• Mr. Bernard de Montgolfier, Honorary General Curator of Heritage

• Mrs. Françoise Cestac, President of the United Nations French Cultural Association

2000

• Mr. Denis Lavalle, General Curator of Heritage

• Dr. Jules Brassner, Director of the Napoleon Association (USA)

• Mr. Michel Maffesoli, sociologist, Professor at the University of Paris-Descartes

• Mr. Maxime Piolot, singer and poet

2001

• Dr. Matthias Schmandt, Curator of the Municipal History Museum of the City of Bingen (Germany)

2002

• Mrs. Marie Hugo, descendant of Victor Hugo

• Dr. Linus Pauling junior, psychiatrist

• Mrs. Danielle Molinari, Chief Curator of the Maison Victor Hugo

• Mrs. Catherine Maynial, Director of the Senate Library and Archives

2003

• Mrs. Chantal Spillemaecker, Curator of the Musée du Dauphinois

• Mr. Antoine Troncy, Curator of the Hector Berlioz Museum

2004

• Mr. Alain Decaux, of the Académie française

• Mr. Thierry Lentz, Director of the Fondation Napoléon

• Mr. Bernard Petit, President of the Souvenir Napoléonien

2006

• Mr. Arnaud d’Hauterives, Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Beaux-Arts

• Mr. Charles Bonaparte, President of the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities

• Mr. Michel Guerry, Senator representing French nationals living outside France

• Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, diplomat, ^5th Secretary General of the United Nations

2007

• Mrs. Marie-Jeanne Bleuzet-Julbin, lawyer, ^1st woman president of the Bar

2009

• Mrs. Virginia Benson, Director of the Boston Peace Research Institute (USA)

2013

• Pr. Francisco Delich, former Rector of the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

• Mrs. Josiane Balasko, actress

2016

• Mrs. Anne Pelletier Le Barbier, Mayor of Bièvres

2019

• Mr. Marc-Édouard Gautier, archivist paleographer and Curator of libraries, responsible for the Heritage collections of the Angers Library

2023

• Mrs. Anne Bongrain, associate professor of musical education and doctor of musicology, general secretary of the Hector Berlioz National Association

2024

• Mr. Gérard Audinet, general curator of heritage, director of the Maisons de Victor Hugo Paris / Guernsey