School in Paris
The Hall Eiffel
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The Lycée Carnot (French pronunciation:
[lise kaʁno] ) is a
public
secondary and
higher education school at 145
Boulevard Malesherbes in the
17th arrondissement ,
Paris ,
France . The Lycée Carnot was founded in 1869, first bearing the name of École Monge and then renamed in 1895. Some of its former students have been among the most-influential personalities in the country, including
Jacques Chirac , the former French President, and
Pascal Lamy , the former president of the
World Trade Organization (2005–2013). The Orthodox theologian Fr.
Alexander Schmemann attended the school.
[1]
Daft Punk musicians
Thomas Bangalter and
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo met there in 1987. The poet
Louis Aragon also attended Carnot.
The Lycée has served as a filming location for many films, and often hosts fashion shows during
Paris fashion week . The heart of the building is a large hall measuring 80 by 30 meters covered with a glass roof mounted on a metal frame on a project by Gustave Eiffel. The Lycée Carnot has a middle school section and a high school section. There are also
preparatory classes for
grandes écoles , in economic and commercial sections as well as in sciences.
Notable alumni
Thomas Bangalter and
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo , musicians and members of
Daft Punk . The two met at the lycée.
[2]
Maurice Bloch , anthropologist
[3]
Bernard Buffet , French painter of
Expressionism and a member of the anti-abstract art group
Jacques Chirac , former President of France
[4]
Maurice Couve de Murville , former French
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Prime Minister under the presidency of
General de Gaulle
Guy Debord ,
Situationist , author of
The Society of the Spectacle and activist in the
May 1968 events in France
[5]
Gilles Deleuze , French philosopher in the post-structural tradition, friend and colleague of
Michel Foucault .
Serge Haroche , French physicist, Nobel laureate
Thierry Jacquillat , former president of Paris-île de France Capital Economique and former vice president and Director of
Pernod Ricard
Dimitri Kitsikis , Geopolitician, Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, Honorary President, The Dimitri Kitsikis Public Foundation.
Pascal Lamy , former president of the World Trade Organization from 2005 to 2013.
Henri Laborit was, famous surgeon, neurobiologist, writer and philosopher.
Guy Môquet , French
Communist militant
[6]
Jean Reno is actor who appeared in films such as
Crimson Rivers ,
Godzilla ,
The Da Vinci Code ,
Mission: Impossible ,
The Pink Panther ,
Ronin ,
Wasabi ,
The Big Blue ,
Hector and the Search for Happiness and
Léon: The Professional .
Joseph Rovan , French philosopher and politician
[7]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn , former French finance minister and former (2007–2011) former Managing Director of the
International Monetary Fund
The building where the Prepa study
References
^ The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann 1973-1983, translated by Juliana Schmemann, (Crestood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2000) 251.
^
"Electron libre #13" (in French). radiofrance.fr. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-12-15 .
^ Mughal, M. A. Z. (2013).
"Bloch, Maurice" (PDF) . In Mcgee, R. Jon; Warms, Richard L. (eds.). Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia . Sage Publications. pp. 77–80.
doi :
10.4135/9781452276311.n27 .
ISBN
9781412999632 .
^ Craig R. Whitney (2007-12-15).
"Man in the News; The Conservative 'Bulldozer': Jacques Rene Chirac" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2007-12-15 .
^ 'Guy Debord,' Andy Merrifield, Reaktion Books Ltd, London: 2005. p. 18
^ Charles Bremner (2007-10-23).
"President Nicolas Sarkozy faces resistance over tribute to hostage shot by Nazis" .
The Times . Retrieved 2007-12-15 .
^
"Joseph Rovan" .
The Daily Telegraph . 2004-08-10. Retrieved 2007-12-15 . [
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