François Mauriac
French novelist and dramatist
François Charles Mauriac was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française, and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in 1958. He was a... Wikipedia
Born: October 11, 1885, Bordeaux, France
Died: September 1, 1970 (age 84 years), Paris, France
Spouse: Jeanne Lafon (m. 1913–1970)
Grandchildren: Anne Wiazemsky, Pierre Wiazemsky, Nathalie Mauriac Dyer, and more
Children: Claude Mauriac, Claire Mauriac, Jean Mauriac, and more
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François Charles Mauriac was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française (from 1933), and laureate of the ...
Mar 26, 2024 · François Mauriac was a novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, journalist, and winner in 1952 of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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François Charles Mauriac was a French writer and a member of the Académie française. He was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the deep ...
François Mauriac espoused Jansenism, a movement within Catholicism asserting that an individual's fate was predestined by God and focused on original sin and ...