NNA – Lebanese-born French author Amin Maalouf was elected permanent secretary of the French Academy on Thursday, succeeding Heacute;legrave;ne Carregrave;re drsquo;Encausse.
Maalouf was elected in the first round of vote, beating writer and doctor Jean-Christophe Rufin.
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