Born:(1939-03-01)1 March 1939, Sofia, Tsardom of Bulgaria
Died:7 February 2017(2017-02-07) (aged 77), Paris, France
Awards:CNRS Bronze Medal, the Charles Lévêque Prize of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques and the first Maugean Prize of the Académie française and the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences; he also is an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres