Prix Médicis
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Edition 2 (1959) Winner
Claude Mauriac
くろーど・もーりあっく
Kurōdo Mōriakku
Aliases:
Jean Marc Claude Mauriac
Pen Names:
Harriet Pergoline（Pseudonym used for the novel Le Fauteuil Rouge）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1914-04-25 （Paris）
- Died
- 1996-03-22 （Paris） age 81
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Paris
Career
- Occupations
- essayist, novelist, journalist, film critic, art critic
- Active Years
- 1938-1996
- Affiliations
- Le Figaro
- Influenced By
- François Mauriac
- Influenced
- Michel Foucault
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Prix Sainte-Beuve | André Breton | — | — | winner |
| 1959 | Prix Médicis | Le Dîner en ville | — | — | winner |
| 1978 | Prix Pierre-de-Régnier | body of work | — | — | winner |
Prix Sainte-Beuve
1949
Work:
André Breton
Result:
winner
Prix Médicis
1959
Work:
Le Dîner en ville
Result:
winner
Prix Pierre-de-Régnier
1978
Work:
body of work
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Le Dîner en ville
1959 novelA novel about a dinner party in town. Prix Médicis winner.
interpersonal relationshipssociety
Translations
- Dinner in Town
Toutes les femmes sont fatales
1957 novelNovel exploring fatal women.
womenfate
Translations
- All Women Are Fatal
La Marquise sortit à cinq heures
1961 novelTranslations
- The Marquise Went Out at Five
Bibliography
- Introduction à une mystique de l'enfer (1938)
- Jean Cocteau ou la Vérité du mensonge (1945)
- Aimer Balzac (1945)
- La Trahison d'un clerc (1945)
- André Breton (1949)
- Marcel Proust par lui-même (1953)
Adaptations
- Co-scripted film adaptation of father's novel Thérèse Desqueyroux
Translations of Works
- Numerous English translations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- alittératureexperimental narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- timememory
Legacy
French writer, eldest son of Nobel laureate François Mauriac, secretary to Charles de Gaulle, known for novels, essays, and film criticism.
Trivia
- Eldest son of Nobel Prize in Literature winner François Mauriac.
- Served as personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle from 1944 to 1949.
- Close friend of philosopher Michel Foucault.