Sans titre

1950–1960s

Defending the right to conscientious objection

In the 1950s and 1960s he consistently defended the right to refuse military service on grounds of conscience, notably speaking up for Henri Martin.

1955

Elected to the Académie française

In 1955 he was elected to the Académie française and to the Royal Academy of Belgium.

1955年3月3日 · 入会

Académie Française

1955年1月8日–1963年10月11日 · 入会

Academie Royale de Langue et de littérature Françaises

1955年3月3日–1963年10月11日

Post: seat 31 of the Académie française

1957

The Bastion in Menton: a museum for his work

The mayor of Menton, Francis Palmero, invited him to transform the Bastion, an abandoned seventeenth-century fort on the town’s harbour wall, into a museum for his work; Cocteau designed pebble mosaics for the building and selected works for display. The museum opened in 1966, three years after his death.