While receiving France’s highest literary honour, Russian novelist rounds on the ‘arrogant ignoramus’ running the country – who authorised his prize
Russian novelist Andreï Makine has criticised the last three French presidents as “arrogant ignoramuses” and lamented that “once, French presidents not only read novels but knew how to write them”, while receiving France’s highest literary honour.
The Siberian-born novelist made the comments in a speech as he was inducted into the prestigious Académie française.
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