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Francois mauriac by yousuf karsh biography
François Mauriac
French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist ()
François Charles Mauriac (French:[fʁɑ̃swaʃaʁlmoʁjak]; Occitan: Francés Carles Mauriac; 11 October – 1 September ) was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of theAcadémie française (from ), and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature ().
He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in
Biography
François Charles Mauriac was born in Bordeaux, France. He studied literature at the University of Bordeaux, graduating in , after which he moved to Paris to prepare for postgraduate study at the École des Chartes.
On 1 June , he was elected a member of the Académie française, succeeding Eugène Brieux.[1]
A former Action française supporter, he turned to the left during the Spanish Civil War, criticizing the Catholic Church for its support of Franco.
After the fall of France to the Axis during the Second World War, he briefly supported