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François Mauriac

1885 - 1970

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François Charles Mauriac (French: [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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Mauriac is the 320th most popular writer (down from 254th in 2019), the 368th most popular biography from France (down from 301st in 2019) and the 56th most popular French Writer.

François Mauriac is most famous for his novels, including the novel Thérèse Desqueyroux, which was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1926.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, François Mauriac ranks 320 out of 7,302. Before him are Max Brod, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Ernst Jünger, Antonin Artaud, Doris Lessing, and Héloïse. After him are Henri Charrière, Italo Calvino, Marguerite de Navarre, Nadine Gordimer, Paul Celan, and Colette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, François Mauriac ranks 12. Before him are Clementine Churchill, Alban Berg, Karen Blixen, György Lukács, Albert Kesselring, and George S. Patton. After him are Hermann Hoth, Julius Streicher, Hugo Boss, Robert Delaunay, George de Hevesy, and Karen Horney. Among people deceased in 1970, François Mauriac ranks 17. Before him are Alexander Kerensky, Max Born, Nelly Sachs, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Édouard Daladier, and Otto Heinrich Warburg. After him are Paul Celan, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Mark Rothko, C. V. Raman, Semyon Timoshenko, and Rudolf Carnap.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Mauriac ranks 368 out of 6,770. Before him are Luc Montagnier (1932), Denis Papin (1647), Pierre Boulez (1925), Antonin Artaud (1896), Diane de Poitiers (1499), and Héloïse (1101). After him are Henri Charrière (1906), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Claude of France (1499), René Goscinny (1926), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), and Jean Renoir (1894).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, François Mauriac ranks 56. Before him are Guillaume de Machaut (1300), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), J. M. G. Le Clézio (1940), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), Antonin Artaud (1896), and Héloïse (1101). After him are Henri Charrière (1906), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Colette (1873), André Malraux (1901), Ève Curie (1904), and Maurice Leblanc (1864).

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