Editing Bernard Pivot (section)

==Biography==
Pivot was born in [[Lyon]] on 5 May 1935,{{cn|date=May 2024}} the son of two grocers. During [[World War II]] his father, Charles Pivot, was taken prisoner and his mother moved the family home to the village of [[Quincié-en-Beaujolais]], where Bernard Pivot started school. In 1945 his father was released and the reunited family returned to Lyon. At age 10 Pivot went to a Catholic boarding school where he discovered a passion for sport, while he was more average at traditional school subjects, except French and history.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

After starting law studies in Lyon Pivot entered the [[Centre de formation des journalistes]] (CFJ) in Paris, where he met his future wife, Monique.{{cn|date=May 2024}} He graduated second in his class. After an internship at ''[[Le Progrès]]'' in Lyon, he studied economic journalism for a full year, and then joined the ''[[Le Figaro|Figaro]] Littéraire'' in 1958.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

In 1970 he hosted a humorous daily radio programme . In 1971 the ''Figaro Littéraire'' closed and Pivot joined ''[[Le Figaro]]''. He left in 1974 after a disagreement with [[Jean d'Ormesson]]. [[Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber]] invited him to start a new project, which led to the creation of a new magazine, ''[[Lire (magazine)|Lire]]'', a year later. Meanwhile, he had begun hosting a television programme in April 1973 called ''{{ill|Ouvrez les guillemets|fr}}'' on the [[TF1|First Channel of the ORTF]]. In 1974, the [[ORTF]] was dissolved and Pivot started his ''[[Apostrophes (talk show)|Apostrophes]]'' programme. ''Apostrophes'' was first broadcast on [[Antenne 2]] on 10 January 1975, and ran until 1990.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/23/style/chronicle-842990.html Chronicle by Susan Heller Anderson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212459/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/23/style/chronicle-842990.html |date=27 July 2018 }}, ''The New York Times''.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/05/books/french-tv-show-on-books-is-ending.html French TV Show on Books Is Ending] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220144936/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/05/books/french-tv-show-on-books-is-ending.html |date=20 December 2017 }}, ''The New York Times''.</ref> Pivot then created ''[[Bouillon de culture]]'', with the aim of broadening people's interests beyond reading. However, he eventually returned to books.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/arts/arts-abroad-adopting-a-country-then-crashing-its-best-seller-list.html ARTS ABROAD; Adopting a Country, Then Crashing Its Best-Seller List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527165238/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/18/arts/arts-abroad-adopting-a-country-then-crashing-its-best-seller-list.html |date=27 May 2015 }}, ''The New York Times''.</ref>

Pivot died of cancer in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], on 6 May 2024, at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/05/06/bernard-pivot-journaliste-createur-d-apostrophes-est-mort_6231907_3382.html|title = Bernard Pivot, journaliste, créateur d'« Apostrophes », est mort|last = Rosseau|first = Christine|date = 6 May 2024|accessdate = 6 May 2024|newspaper = [[Le Monde]]|lang = fr|url-access = subscription|archive-date = 6 May 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240506130911/https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/05/06/bernard-pivot-journaliste-createur-d-apostrophes-est-mort_6231907_3382.html|url-status = live}}</ref>