Maurice Charles Louis Genevoix: Quick Facts


Facts

Born November 29, 1890 • France
Died September 8, 1980 (aged 89) • Spain
Awards And Honors Prix Goncourt (1925)

Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin
Jean-François Marmontel
French author
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Maurice Druon
French author
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Jean Tharaud
French writer
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Jérôme Tharaud
French writer
Duhamel
Georges Duhamel
French author
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Marcel Arland
French writer
Colette
Colette
French writer
Alexandre Dumas.
Alexandre Dumas, père
French author [1802–1870]
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Pierre Boulle
French author
Drieu La Rochelle, 1934
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
French writer
Léon Daudet
Léon Daudet
French journalist and author
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Vercors
French author
Du Camp
Maxime Du Camp
French writer and photographer
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Albert Cohen
Greek-born French-Jewish author and diplomat
Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Portrait of French author Marcel Proust, seated with his hand resting thoughtfully against his chin, wearing a dark suit and looking directly at the camera.
Marcel Proust
French writer
André Malraux
André Malraux
French novelist, art historian, and statesman