This file photo taken on February 27, 1979 shows French writer Maurice Genevoix, secretary of the Académie Française, at the Cercle interallié in Paris. AFP Photo
This file photo taken on February 27, 1979 shows French writer Maurice Genevoix, secretary of the Académie Française, at the Cercle interallié in Paris. AFP Photo

France bestows highest honour on First World War poet