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Maurice Druon
Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.
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culture · French writer and scholar (1918–2009) · politician · writer · screenwriter · children's writer · also Maurice Druon, Maurice Samuel Roger Charles Druon, Druon
Born 23 April 1918 · Died 14 April 2009 · Q223949
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2026· 1 entry
2009· 16 entries
The Irish Times: Maurice Druon: Novelist, war hero and member of Académie française
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The Independent: Maurice Druon: Writer and pugnacious defender of the French language
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The Daily Telegraph: Maurice Druon
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France 24: Novelist Maurice Druon dies aged 90
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Died 2009-04-14.
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“Opis: do swojego siostrzeńca, Guccia.”
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“Tylko ci są godni sprawować władzę, którzy mają dość siły ducha, by z niej zrezygnować.”
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“Wojskowi są z natury ludźmi niezdecydowanymi, co jest przyczyną wielu przegranych bitew, jednocześnie we krwi mają posłuszeństwo wobec wyższych rangą.”
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“Opis: rozmowa Enguerranda de Marigny’ego z prewotem.”
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“Opis: rozkazując Robertowi d’Artois zamordowanie Małgorzaty Burgundzkiej.”
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“Postać: kardynał Jakub Duèze, przyszły papież Jan XXII”
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“Opis: o Karolu Walezjuszu, bracie króla Filipa IV Pięknego.”
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“Opis: o Enguerrandzie de Marigny, ministrze królewskim.”
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“Opis: o Izabeli Francuskiej i Robercie d’Artois.”
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“Opis: do Roberta d’Artois.”
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“Opis: ostatnie słowa wielkiego mistrza zakonu templariuszy, który spłonął na stosie.”
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Friendship (1993).
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1985· 2 entries
But chose to resign the office in late 1999 due to old age; he successfully pushed for Hélène Carrère d'Encausse to succeed him, the first woman to hold the post, and was styled Honorary Perpetual Secretary after 2000
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Career landmark: perpetual secretary of the French Academy (1985–1999).
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1979· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the European Parliament (1979–1980).
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1978· 1 entry
Career landmark: substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1978–1981).
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1973· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Culture (France) (1973–1974).
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1972· 1 entry
Gaining a wider audience through overseas sales, and again in 2005, starring Jeanne Moreau
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1967· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1967–1973).
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1966· 2 entries
Awarded Prince Pierre Award (1966).
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Career landmark: seat 30 of the Académie française (1966–2009).
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Paulée de Meursault Prize (1960).
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1957· 1 entry
And translated into English in 1958 (as Tistou of the Green Thumbs) and 2012 (as Tistou: The Boy With Green Thumbs)
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1948· 2 entries
Awarded Prix Goncourt (1948).
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Druon received the Prix Goncourt for his novel Les Grandes Familles, and later published two sequels
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1943· 1 entry
To participate in the BBC's "Honneur et Patrie" programme
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1940· 1 entry
Was demobilized and remained in the unoccupied zone of France, and his first play, Mégarée, was produced in Monte Carlo in February 1942
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Concours général (1936).
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1920· 1 entry
And his mother remarried in 1926; Maurice subsequently took the name of his adoptive father, the lawyer René Druon (1874–1961)
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1918· 1 entry
Born 1918-04-23.
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