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François Charles Mauriac (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa ʃaʁl 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).
François Mauriac was a novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, journalist, and winner in 1952 of the Nobel Prize for Literature. He belonged to the lineage of French Catholic writers who examined the ugly realities of modern life in the light of eternity. His major novels are sombre, austere.
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1952 was awarded to François Mauriac "for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life"
François Mauriac, né le 11 octobre 1885 à Bordeaux et mort le 1 er septembre 1970 à Paris, est un écrivain français. Lauréat du Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française en 1926, il est élu membre de l' Académie française au fauteuil n o 22 en 1933.
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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 spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life."
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Biography. François Mauriac was born in Bordeaux in 1885. His father, a banker, died two years later and the family went to live with Mauriac’s maternal grandmother. He planned to go to the Ecole des Chartes.
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Born: 11 October 1885, Bordeaux, France. Died: 1 September 1970, Paris, France. Residence at the time of the award: France. Prize motivation: “for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life”. Language: French.
