Background
MALAl'RIE, Jean was born on December 22, 1922 in Mainz.
geographer explorer and writer
MALAl'RIE, Jean was born on December 22, 1922 in Mainz.
Lycee Condorcet and Faculte des Lettres de Paris.
Made first visit to Thule, Greenland 1948. F. Centre d’Etudes Arctiques with Fernand Braudel 1957. F. publishing house Terre Humaine 1955.
Has made nine documentary films on Eskimos. Organizes confs. on the Arctic and Eskimo soes. Worked as volunteer teacher in village on Baffin Island 1987.
Director of Research, N.R.S. since 1979. Director of Studies, Ecole des hautes etudes en Sciences Sociales since 1982. Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur, Ordre national du merite.
Uur^at, Academy, des Sciences 1958, Academy Frangaise (prix Jean Walter 1968).
Married Monique Laporte in 1951.