The Nobel Prize in Literature 1952
Awarded on: 1952-11-06
"for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life"
François Mauriac
Born: 1885-10-11 in Bordeaux, France
Gender: male
Field: French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist (1885-1970)
Biography
François Charles Mauriac was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française, and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1952). He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in 1958.