François Mauriac
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). He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in 1958. He was a life-long Catholic.
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| Born | François Charles Mauriac 11 October 1885 Bordeaux, Gironde, France |
| Died | 1 September 1970 (aged 84) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, journalist |
| Education | University of Bordeaux (1905) École des Chartes |
| Notable awards | Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française 1926 Nobel Prize in Literature 1952 |
| Relatives | Anne Wiazemsky (granddaughter) |
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