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Edgar Faure

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Edgar Faure

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Also known as Edgar-Jean Faure

French politician (1908-1988)

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Edgar Faure was a French author and member of the Académie Française. Born on 18 August 1908 in Béziers, Hérault, France, he died on 30 March 1988 in Paris, France. His literary output includes works such as *La condition humaine sous la domination nazie (Europe occidentale)*, *For a European environmental policy*, *Apprendre à être*, *Au-delà du dialogue*, and *Ce que je crois*.

Records indicate that Faure has 26 listed works, with five specific titles highlighted among his top writings. He is referenced by 743 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
18 août 1908 Béziers, Hérault, France
Died
30 mars 1988 Paris, France
Works
26

Top works

  • La condition humaine sous la domination nazie (Europe occidentale)
  • For a European environmental policy
  • Apprendre à être
  • Au-delà du dialogue
  • Ce que je crois

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
FR
Active from
1845-05-12
Active to
1924-11-04

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
5

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Edgar+Faure">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Edgar Faure

Key facts

President
René Coty
Preceded by
Pierre Mendès France
Succeeded by
Guy Mollet
Born
Edgar Jean Faure , 18 August 1908, Béziers , France
Died
30 March 1988 (1988-03-30) (aged 79), 7th arrondissement of Paris , France
Party
Radical Party (1929–1956; 1958–1965; 1977–1988)
Other political affiliations
Union for the New Republic (1965–1967), Union of Democrats for the Republic (1967–1977), Rally for the Republic (1977)
Spouse
Lucie Meyer

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Edgar Jean Faure ( French: [ɛdɡaʁ ʒɑ̃ fɔʁ] ; 18 August 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a French politician, lawyer, essayist, historian and memoirist who served as Prime Minister of France in 1952 and again between 1955 and 1956. Prior to his election to the National Assembly for Jura under the Fourth Republic in 1946, he was a member of the French Committee of National Liberation (CFLN) in Algiers (1943–1944). A Radical, Faure was married to writer Lucie Meyer. In 1978, he was elected to the Académie Française.

Life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edgar Faure” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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