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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.
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 no 22 en 1933. Il reçoit le prix Nobel de littérature en 1952 2 .
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"
Lauréat du grand prix du roman de l’Académie française en 1926, président de la Société des Gens de lettres en 1932, François Mauriac fut élu à l’Académie française le 1 er juin 1933, par 28 voix au premier tour, à la succession d’Eugène Brieux.
French novelist. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1933 and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1952. Mauriac was born in Bordeaux, the setting for many of his novels, into a pious family of the upper middle classes.
François Mauriac. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1952. 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.
