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Maurice Druon

1918 - 2009

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Maurice Druon (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis dʁyɔ̃]; 23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Druon is the 899th most popular writer (up from 904th in 2019), the 1,058th most popular biography from France (down from 1,024th in 2019) and the 134th most popular French Writer.

Maurice Druon is most famous for his work as a French novelist and historian. He is best known for his series of novels collectively called Les Rois Maudits, which were published between 1955 and 1977.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maurice Druon ranks 899 out of 7,302. Before him are Philippe Ariès, Sven Hassel, Nizar Qabbani, Radegund, Jean de La Bruyère, and Hans Fallada. After him are Neale Donald Walsch, Dobrica Ćosić, Theodor Fontane, Ernest Thompson Seton, Pu Songling, and Eleanor Marx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Maurice Druon ranks 48. Before him are João Goulart, James Tobin, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Kenichi Fukui, Edward B. Lewis, and Betty Ford. After him are Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Birgit Nilsson, Yasuhiro Nakasone, François Tombalbaye, Hans Scholl, and Pavlik Morozov. Among people deceased in 2009, Maurice Druon ranks 33. Before him are Robert F. Furchgott, João Bernardo Vieira, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Vivian Maier, Ted Kennedy, and Takashi Takabayashi. After him are Tomohiko Ikoma, Bobby Robson, Jennifer Jones, John Updike, Gaafar Nimeiry, and Leszek Kołakowski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Druon ranks 1,058 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1778), Louis-Jules Trochu (1815), Stéphane Audran (1932), Jean de La Bruyère (1645), Jean Giraud (1938), and Jean Moulin (1899). After him are Charles III of Navarre (1361), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082), Peter Faber (1506), William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099), and Edmond James de Rothschild (1845).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Maurice Druon ranks 134. Before him are Eugène Scribe (1791), Georges Bernanos (1888), Laura de Noves (1310), Chevalier d'Éon (1728), Philippe Ariès (1914), and Jean de La Bruyère (1645). After him are Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Julien Green (1900), Jules Renard (1864), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), George Steiner (1929), and Juliette Récamier (1777).

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