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Claude Mauriac

1914 - 1996

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Jean Marc Claude Mauriac (25 April 1914 – 22 March 1996) was a French essayist, novelist and journalist. Mauriac was born in Paris, the eldest son of author François Mauriac. He was the personal secretary of Charles de Gaulle from 1944 to 1949, before becoming a film critic and art critic of Le Figaro. He was the author of several novels and essays, and co-scripted the film adaptation of his father's novel Thérèse Desqueyroux. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Mauriac is the 5,326th most popular writer (down from 4,515th in 2019), the 4,703rd most popular biography from France (down from 4,203rd in 2019) and the 598th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Claude Mauriac ranks 5,326 out of 7,302. Before him are Roger Hargreaves, Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Eva Ibbotson, Alain de Botton, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, and František Halas. After him are Henjō, Peter F. Hamilton, Juris Alunāns, Platon Oyunsky, Thomas Love Peacock, and Richard D. Ryder.

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Among people born in 1914, Claude Mauriac ranks 323. Before him are Frankie Manning, Amelia Bence, Sven Fahlman, Georgy Babakin, John Hersey, and Alessandro Frigerio. After him are David Wayne, Zdeněk Škrland, Jan de Hartog, Bruce M. Metzger, Carl Foreman, and Shaken Aimanov. Among people deceased in 1996, Claude Mauriac ranks 262. Before him are Bob Shaw, Václav Hovorka, Bernard Edwards, Kazadi Mwamba, Joe Seneca, and Bibi Besch. After him are Zdeněk Škrland, Bill Monroe, Alberto Pellegrino, Robert Lamoot, Hrant Shahinyan, and Sarah Palfrey Cooke.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Mauriac ranks 4,703 out of 6,770. Before him are Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan (1589), Tony Duvert (1945), Jason Kouchak (1969), Charles Gondouin (1875), Yannick Stopyra (1961), and Achille Souchard (1900). After him are Pierre Adam (1924), Dominique Dropsy (1951), Georges Tainturier (1890), Paul Winter (1906), Hervé de Charette (1938), and Mikaël Silvestre (1977).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Claude Mauriac ranks 598. Before him are Théodore Aubanel (1829), Édouard Pailleron (1834), Anna Kavan (1901), Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie (1840), Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan (1589), and Tony Duvert (1945). After him are Jacques Laurent (1919), Louis Guilloux (1899), Marceline Loridan-Ivens (1928), Raymond Schwartz (1894), Philippe Claudel (1962), and Vernon Lee (1856).

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