Jean-Pierre Dannaud, (6 February 1921, in Paris – 1995)[1] was a French State councillor and novelist who won the 1993 French Academy Prize for his novel Fleuve Rouge (Red River).
He received the degree of Associate of Philosophy from the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris, Ecole Normale Supérieure.
In 1947, he was professor at the Lycee Janson de Sailly in Paris, then in the 1948–1950 period he was appointed cultural attaché in Saigon.
In 1972, he was appointed director of Agence Havas and then returned to the Council of State in 1974.
In 1993 he received the prize of the French Academy for his novel Fleuve rouge.