What is Max Gallo?
{{ infobox person | name = Max Gallo | image = Max Gallo 14 mars 2009.jpg | caption = Max Gallo (2009) | birth_date = {{birth date |1932|1|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Nice]], France | death_date = {{death date and age |2017|07|18|1932|1|7| df=yes}} | death_place = [[Paris]], France | death_cause = [[Laryngeal cancer]] | occupation = Historian | known for = Member of the [[Académie française]] }} '''Max Gallo''' ({{IPA-fr|maks ɡalo|lang}}; 7 January 1932 – 18 July 2017) was a French [[writer]], historian and politician. His parents were Italian immigrants.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Decaux|first1=Alain|title=Réponse au discours de réception de M. Max Gallo|url=http://www.academie-francaise.fr/reponse-au-discours-de-reception-de-m-max-gallo|access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref> Gallo's early career was in journalism. At the time he was a [[Communism|Communist]] (until 1956). In 1974, he joined the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]]. On April 26, 2007, he became a candidate to become a member of the [[Académie française]]. He was elected to the Académie française on 31 May 2007. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallo, Max}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from laryngeal cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in France]] [[Category:French historians]] [[Category:French journalists]] [[Category:Socialist Party (France) politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Nice]] {{bio-stub}}