And revived after an hiatus in 2002, awarded by the Aquitaine regional authority at the Centre François Mauriac at Malagar
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François Mauriac
François Charles Mauriac was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française, and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1952). He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in 1958.
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culture · French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist (1885-1970) · writer · journalist · poet · novelist · playwright · screenwriter · literary critic · biographer · also François Mauriac, François Charles Mauriac, Francois Mauriac, Francois Charles Mauriac, Fransua Moris, Mauriac
Born 11 October 1885 · Died 1 September 1970 · Q81685
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1970· 6 entries
Died 1970-09-01.
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“Dès que l’enfant est mort en nous, le vieillissement commence. (fr.)”
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“Łatwo jest nie popełnić zbrodni, na których pokuszenie Bóg nas nie wiedzie, lecz każdego dnia przezwyciężać swą naturę, o, do tego nie dochodzi się samemu, bez szczególnej łaski.”
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“I love Germany so much I'm glad there are two of them.”
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“J’aime tellement l’Allemagne que je suis heureux qu’il y en ait deux.”
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“Czas jest najlepszym nauczycielem, ale nieczęsto ma dobrych uczniów.”
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1958· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1958).
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1952· 3 entries
Awarded the 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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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1952).
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Was awarded the 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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1950· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century for Thérèse Desqueyroux (1950).
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1941· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1941–1946).
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1938· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Émile Augier (1938).
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1933· 1 entry
Career landmark: seat 22 of the Académie française (1933–1970).
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1932· 1 entry
Career landmark: president of the Société des gens de lettres (1932–1933).
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1926· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for Le Désert de l'amour (1926).
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1905· 1 entry
After which he moved to Paris and briefly studied at the École des Chartes in 1908
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1885· 1 entry
Born 1885-10-11.
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