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His biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Lully ou le musicien du soleil, was the basis of the film Le Roi Danse (2000).","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"6 May 1930","date":"1930-05-06"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766776#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Caudéran","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2943078"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766776#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"8 May 2016","date":"2016-05-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766776#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Le Coudray","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1111032"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766776#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766776#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"musicologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14915627"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"professor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121594"},{"text":"philologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13418253"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766776#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Marie-Cécile Villedieu de Torcy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24040746"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766776#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (2011–2016)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"2011","end":"2016"},{"text":"Member of the Académie française (2007–2016)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18705668","start":"2007","end":"2016"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766776#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Knight of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855271","date":"2008"},{"text":"Knight of the National Order of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13422138"},{"text":"Officer of Arts and Letters","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13452524"},{"text":"Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1542826","date":"1993"},{"text":"Prix de la langue française","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3405571","date":"2001"},{"text":"Prix Pelléas","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17355454","date":"2000"},{"text":"Eugène Carrière Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22251730","date":"1992"},{"text":"Prix Charles Blanc","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56378296","date":"1981"},{"text":"Prix Ève Delacroix","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21451870","date":"1979"},{"text":"bourse Goncourt de la biographie","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98959540","date":"1992"},{"text":"Culture and Library for All award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17355241","date":"1980"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766776#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Beaussant","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766776"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Philippe Beaussant born?","a":"Philippe Beaussant was born on 6 May 1930 in Caudéran."},{"q":"What positions has Philippe Beaussant held?","a":"Positions held by Philippe Beaussant include: president (2011–2016); Member of the Académie française (2007–2016)."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"},{"name":"François Jacob","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francois-jacob"},{"name":"Alain Aspect","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alain-aspect"},{"name":"Jules A. 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Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Philippe Beaussant\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/philippe-beaussant. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:59:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/philippe-beaussant","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/philippe-beaussant","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/philippe-beaussant?lang=ne"}}