Gabriel Betancourt Gabriel Betancourt Gabriel Betancourt Mejía (born April 27, 1918 in Medellín – died March 23, 2002 in Bogotá) was a Colombian economist and diplomat who served as Colombia's Minister of National Education in two occasions, and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. Gabriel Betancourt was born in Medellín on April 27, 1918 to Pedro Nolasco Adriano Betancur Toro and Mariana Mejía Arango as the youngest of 9 children. Betancourt was a member of the government of president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. He later became assistant director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He was also head of the education
Gabriel Chevallier the Clochemerle books were published under the English titles "The Scandals of Clochemerle" (for "Clochemerle" in 1937) and "The Wicked Village" ("Clochemerle-Babylone", 1956). Others translated into English include "Sainte Colline" (1937), "Cherry" ("Ma Petite Amie Pomme", 1940), "The Affairs of Flavie or The Euffe Inheritance" ("Les Héritiers Euffe", 1945) and "Mascarade" (1948). Other books in French include "Clarisse Vernon, Propre à Rien, Chemins de Solitude" and "Le Petit Général." Gabriel Chevallier Gabriel Chevallier (3 May 1895 – 6 April 1969) was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire "Clochemerle". Born in Lyon in 1895, Gabriel Chevallier