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André Maurois was a French author who lived from 1885 to 1967 and became known for his literary works during the 20th century. He is considered an important figure in French literature, though his specific contributions and significance would require additional context to fully explain.
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André Maurois is indexed among the 749 entries in Vinony's Académie Française collection.
Vinony's link graph records 265 inbound references to André Maurois, and connects out to Rudyard Kipling, Harper and Lycée Pierre-Corneille.
It sits within the topics 1885 births, 1967 deaths and 19th-century French Jews.
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Film & TV
Elbeuf, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
Known for
- Venom and Eternity — Self1952
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Family name
- Herzog
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Elbeuf
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Educated at
- Lycée Pierre-Corneille
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Judaism
- Notable work
- Alain
- Field of work
- opinion journalism
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Maurois Harcourt 1936.jpg
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- Commons category
- André Maurois
- date of birth
- 1885-07-26
- relative
- France Bloch-Sérazin
- date of death
- 1967-10-09
- birth name
- Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog
- name in native language
- André Maurois
- writing language
- French
- start of work period
- 1918-00-00
- influenced by
- Aldous Huxley
- interested in
- anglicism
- has works in the collection
- Anne Frank House
- has written for
- The Atlantic
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Encyclopedic overview
André Maurois ( French: [mɔʁwa]; born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 – 9 October 1967) was a French author.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “André Maurois” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.