Died 1967-10-09.
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André Maurois
André Maurois was a French author.
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culture · French author (1885–1967) · philosopher · essayist · novelist · historian · writer · screenwriter · literary critic · biographer · science fiction writer · children's writer · also André Maurois, Andre Maurois, Maurois
Born 26 July 1885 · Died 9 October 1967 · Q224029
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What shall we know of our death? Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal, and do not believe that your life has changed merely because it seems proved that the Earth is empty. You do not live in the Earth, you live in yourself.
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La sincérité est de verre la discrétion est de diamant !
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1967· 4 entries
“What shall we know of our death? Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal, and do not believe that your life has changed merely because it seems proved that the Earth is empty. You do not live in the Earth, you live in yourself.”
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In Neuilly-sur-Seine after a long career as an author of novels, biographies, histories, children's books and science fiction stories
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“La sincérité est de verre la discrétion est de diamant !”
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1965· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1965).
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Awarded Ambassadors' Prize (1965).
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1957· 1 entry
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1957).
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1955· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1955–1967).
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1951· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1951–1967).
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1940· 1 entry
The couple moved to the United States to help with propaganda work against the Nazis
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1938· 2 entries
Career landmark: seat 26 of the Académie française (1938–1967).
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Maurois was elected to the prestigious Académie française
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1926· 1 entry
Maurois married Simone de Caillavet, daughter of playwright Gaston Arman de Caillavet and actress Jeanne Pouquet, and granddaughter of Anatole France's mistress Léontine Arman de Caillavet
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1923· 1 entry
Awarded Paul Flat Prize (1923).
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1918· 1 entry
Was a witty and socially realistic account of that experience, and was an immediate success in France
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1912· 1 entry
Maurois married Jeanne-Marie Wanda de Szymkiewicz, a young Polish-Russian aristocrat who had studied at Oxford University
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1885· 1 entry
Born 1885-07-26.
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