Form VI pupils will hopefully remember the name of “Simone Veil” from their recent Leaving Certificate mock paper. One of the reading comprehensions in their exam was an extract from Simone Veil’s autobiography Une vie.Lately, there have been a lot of articles in the French press about Simone Veil as she recently joined the prestigious Académie Française.
But who is Simone Veil and what is the Académie Française? The link from France 24 below should help answer these questions.
http://www.france24.com/en/20100318-holocaust-survivor-womens-rights-academie-francaise-simone-veil-france-paris
