- Birthday
- 1931-07-30
- Deathday
- 2022-12-02
- Place of Birth
- Châtelaillon, Charente-Inférieure [now Charente-Maritime], France
Dominique LaPierre
WritingBiography
Dominique Lapierre (30 July 1931 – 2 December 2022) was a French author. Dominique Lapierre was born in Châtelaillon-Plage, Charente-Maritime, France. At the age of thirteen, he travelled to the U.S. with his father who was a diplomat (Consul General of France). He attended the Jesuit school in New Orleans and became a paper boy for the New Orleans Item. He developed interests in travelling, writing, and cars. Lapierre renovated a 1927 Nash that his mother gave him and decided to travel across the United States during his summer holidays. To earn his way he painted mail boxes. Later, he rece...
