Following the death of Bernard Pivot, François David, General Commissioner of the Brive Book Fair, expressed his emotion this Tuesday morning on France Bleu Limousin. Bernard Pivot chaired the fair in 2007 and was a member of the jury for the French Language Prize at the Book Fair.
Following the death of Bernard Pivot, François David, General Commissioner of the Brive Book Fair, expressed his emotion this Tuesday morning on France Bleu Limousin. Bernard Pivot chaired the event in 2007 and was a member of the jury for the French Language Prize at the Book Fair.
“A man full of humor” remembered François David, “extremely friendly, very accessible, with a friendly side, and a very influential man, much more important than he wanted to say” he said. .
“A rare personality who left his mark on our country, he was the reference, on Friday evenings, some said – we are not free because we watch Pivot -. The show Apostrophe was original, the whole family watched Apostrophe, the book was entering homes” said François David.
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