{"id":10758,"date":"2011-01-31T16:15:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T21:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=10758"},"modified":"2011-01-31T22:10:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T03:10:35","slug":"france-honors-philip-gourevitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/31\/france-honors-philip-gourevitch\/","title":{"rendered":"France Honors Philip Gourevitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10770\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/philipgourevitch-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Philip Gourevitch\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/philipgourevitch-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/philipgourevitch.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by Chris Maluszynski.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We wish to offer a hearty congratulations to our former editor, Philip Gourevitch, who will be awarded this evening with the insignia of <em>chevalier<\/em> of the Order of Arts and Letters at the French Embassy in New York. <\/p>\n<p>Gourevitch served the <em>Review<\/em> from March 2005 to March 2010, where he published notable writers such as Damon Galgut, Barbara Demick, Mohsin Hamid, and Danielle Evans. The chevalier is awarded only twice a year to a handful of individuals who have contributed to French culture across the world. <\/p>\n<p><em>F\u00e9licitations<\/em>, Philip! We raise a glass in your honor tonight. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wish to offer a hearty congratulations to our former editor, Philip Gourevitch, who will be awarded this evening with the insignia of chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters at the French Embassy in New York. 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