Born: 11 October 1885 · Died: 1 September 1970 · Age at death: 84
How old was François Mauriac when he died?
François Mauriac died aged 84. He was born on 11 October 1885 and died on 1 September 1970.
French Catholic novelist of Thérèse Desqueyroux and The Viper's Tangle who won the Nobel Prize in Literature
Did you know?During the Second World War, he was a member of the French Resistance and published underground articles using a pseudonym.
Quick facts
Date of birth11 October 1885
Date of death1 September 1970
Age at death84
NationalityFrench
BirthplaceBordeaux, France
Occupationwriter, journalist, poet
Editor's Take:
François Mauriac was one of France's great Catholic novelists. His books explore guilt, desire and the hope of grace among the wealthy landowning families of Bordeaux. Thérèse Desqueyroux tells the story of a woman who tries to poison her husband. Vipers' Tangle follows a bitter old man writing to the family he hates. He was also a powerful journalist and polemicist. He supported the Resistance during the war and later attacked the use of torture in Algeria. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1952.
Key Milestones
1922: A Kiss for the Leper – novel
1927: Thérèse Desqueyroux – novel
1932: Vipers' Tangle – novel
1933: Académie – elected
François Charles Mauriac (French:; 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).
François Mauriac's birthday is October 11. He was born on October 11, 1885 in Bordeaux, France.
How old was François Mauriac when he died?
François Mauriac died on September 1, 1970, aged 84.
Who shares a birthday with François Mauriac?
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