André Castelot

André Castelot, born André Storms (23 January 1911, Antwerp – 18 July 2004, Neuilly-sur-Seine), was a French writer and scriptwriter born in Belgium. He was the son of the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas and Gabrielle Storms-Castelot (née Gabrielle Alice Castelot), and the brother of the film actor Jacques Castelot. He wrote more than one hundred books, mostly biographies of famous people.

With the historian Alain Decaux he hosted the radio program ''La Tribune de l'Histoire'' on RTF from 1951 until 1997. He also collaborated with Decaux on the RTF television program ''La caméra explore le temps'' from 1956 to 1966.

He was awarded the Prix d’Académie of the Académie Française four times: in 1951 for ''Philippe Égalité, le prince rouge'', in 1952 for ''Dans l’ombre de l'histoire. Souvenirs du prince de Faucigny-Lucinge'', in 1954 for ''Marie-Antoinette'' and in 1984 for the body of his historical work. Provided by Wikipedia