
Bernard Pivot
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Male
birthday
1935-05-05
place-of-birth
Lyon, Rhône, France
also-known-as
Bernard Claude Pivot
biography
Bernard Pivot was a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. In 1985, Pivot created the Championnats mondiaux d'orthographe (world spelling championships). He has been Chairman of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2019.