François Mauriac

1885 - 1970

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: memoir, novel, essay

country of citizenship: France

native language: French

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: École des Chartes, Sainte-Marie Grand Lebrun, University of Bordeaux

occupation: writer, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, literary critic, biographer

award received: Nobel Prize in Literature, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Prix Émile Augier

position held: seat 22 of the Académie française, president

influenced by: Maurice Barrès

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. Source: Wikipedia (en)