François Mauriac

Also known as François Charles Mauriac, Francois Mauriac, Francois Charles Mauriac, Fransua Moris

French writer (1885-1970)

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François Mauriac, also known by the pseudonyms Forez and François Sturel, was a writer whose career spanned from 1906 until his death in 1970. He is recognized in the Academie Francaise collection and the Nobel Literature collection.

Mauriac received the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died on September 1, 1970, having been born on October 11, 1885. His name appears in kana as モリヤック.

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Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

French writer, critic, and journalist.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature1952
“for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: François
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Bordeaux
Place of death: 16th arrondissement of Paris
Occupation: biographer
Position held: president
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Religion: Catholicism
Award: Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Field of work: prose
Genre: memoir
Image: François Mauriac (1932).jpg

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pseudonym: François Sturel
has written for: Les Lettres françaises
writing language: French
date of death: 1970-09-01
Commons category: François Mauriac
date of birth: 1885-10-11
member of: Académie Française
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
name in native language: François Mauriac
name in kana: モリヤック
start of work period: 1906-00-00
birth name: Charles François Mauriac
influenced by: Maurice Barrès
end of work period: 1970-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

François Charles Mauriac ( French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʃaʁl(ə) moʁjak]; Occitan: Francés Carles Mauriac; 11 October 1885 – 1 September 1970) was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française (from 1933), and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1952). He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in 1958.

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François Mauriac