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<ul><li><keyword id="15585803" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="asha-bhavan-centre" source="Orion">Asha Bhavan Centre</keyword>, with the support of <keyword id="8099" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="lapierre" source="Orion">Lapierre</keyword>, set up multiple schools in Bengal over the years.</li><li>The French author, who was honoured with <keyword id="100507" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="padma-bhushan" source="Orion">Padma Bhushan</keyword> in 2008, breathed his last on December 4.</li><li>Born on July 30, 1931, at <keyword id="15707478" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="chatelaillon" source="Orion">Chatelaillon</keyword> in France, Lapierre had begun his career as a journalist.</li></ul> The winter sun had just set on Sunday when Asha Bhavan Centre got to know about the demise of celebrated French author <keyword id="8101" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="dominique-lapierre" source="Orion">Dominique Lapierre</keyword>, who had donated much of the royalties he received from his 1985 novel 'City of Joy' to establish the Howrah NGO and fund several other humanitarian causes in Bengal. Mourning the loss, <keyword id="15708723" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="john-mary-barui" source="Orion">John Mary Barui</keyword>, the director of the centre, said a prayer meet was arranged as soon as its members came to know about his death. Asha Bhavan Centre, with the support of Lapierre, set up multiple schools in Bengal over the years, stated Barui. Lapierre would often say that India was his second home, he recalled. The French author, who was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 2008, breathed his last on December 4. "At 91, he died of old age," his wife Dominique Conchon-Lapierre told French newspaper Var-Matin. 'City of Joy', his novel on the underprivileged of Kolkata, had received acclaim from far and wide. It was adapted into a film, starring <keyword id="51838" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="patrick-swayze" source="Orion">Patrick Swayze</keyword>, in 1992. In an interview with PTI in 2013, Lapierre had said that the novel was like his "song of love for India, the place where I have been coming very regularly since the last 50 years. It has been an emotional journey for me where I have got a lot of love and support from the people". Lapierre, following the success of his novel, had supported many humanitarian projects in Kolkata, including refuge centres for children affected with polio, schools, NGOs and rehabilitation workshops, Asha Bhavan Centre being one of them. "As and when he visited India, Lapierre would always find time to spend with children of the schools and destitute homes that he helped set up with the centre in Kolkata and other districts, including South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, <keyword id="1021970" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="purba-medinipur" source="Orion">Purba Medinipur</keyword>, Murshidabad and Birbhum," said Barui. All such schools held a condolence meet for the author on Monday, he added. Born on July 30, 1931, at Chatelaillon in France, Lapierre had begun his career as a journalist. His other well-known works include 'Is Paris Burning?' and 'Freedom at Midnight', both of which he had co-written with <keyword id="326622" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="larry-collins" source="Orion">Larry Collins</keyword>. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/telecom/news/unlimited-wifi-plans-for-home-check-the-full-list/articleshow/90908792.cms">Unlimited wifi plans for home — check the full list below</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/most-valuable-companies-with-least-number-of-employees-as-per-the-hurun-report/slidelist/96006513.cms">‘Most valuable companies’ with least number of employees, as per the Hurun report</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/the-science-behind-selling-a-dress-to-an-indian-woman-according-to-the-ceo-of-latin-quarters/articleshow/96003617.cms">The science behind selling a dress to an Indian woman, according to the CEO of Latin Quarters</a>

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