Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1926) Winner
François Charles Mauriac
フランソワ・モーリアック
Furansowa Mauriakku
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1885-10-11 （Bordeaux, Gironde, France）
- Died
- 1970-09-01 （Paris, France） age 84
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Residence History
- Bordeaux (birthplace) → Paris (main residence/workplace) → Malagar (Saint-Maixant, Gironde)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, journalist
- Active Years
- 1909-1970
- Affiliations
- Académie française, PEN International (Wartime International Presidential Committee chair 1941–1946), Le Figaro (contributor/columnist)
- Memberships
- Académie française, PEN International
- Influenced By
- Catholic faith and religious thought, Predecessors in 20th-century French literature (conservative/religious writers)
- Influenced
- Elie Wiesel (encouraged and supported publication of his work)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bordeaux | Faculty of Letters | Literature | — | 在学〜1905 | France |
| École des Chartes | — | — | — | ポストグラジュエイト準備（在学期間不明） | France |
University of Bordeaux
Faculty of Letters
/ Literature
Period:
在学〜1905
Year of Graduation:
1905
Country:
France
Graduated in 1905. Continued studies in Paris thereafter.
École des Chartes
Period:
ポストグラジュエイト準備（在学期間不明）
Country:
France
Moved to Paris to prepare for postgraduate study; details of enrolment/graduation unclear.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française | Le Désert de l'amour (The Desert of Love) | — | Académie française | 受賞 |
| 1933 | Elected member of the Académie française | — | — | Académie française | 選出 |
| 1952 | Nobel Prize in Literature | — | — | The Nobel Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1958 | Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur | — | — | French Republic | 授与 |
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1926
Work:
Le Désert de l'amour (The Desert of Love)
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
受賞
Elected member of the Académie française
1933
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
選出
Nobel Prize in Literature
1952
Organization:
The Nobel Foundation
Result:
受賞
Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur
1958
Organization:
French Republic
Result:
授与
Awards & Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (1952) Winner
Works
Major Works
Le Désert de l'amour (The Desert of Love)
1925 NovelA psychological novel exploring family, love and moral conflict, delving into characters' inner struggles and religious themes.
sin and redemptionfamily relationshipsfaith
Translations
- Le Désert de l'amour (The Desert of Love)
Thérèse Desqueyroux
1927 NovelThrough the story of Thérèse, a woman troubled in marriage, the novel examines morality, freedom and oppression.
freedom and oppressioncondition of womenmoral conflict
Adaptations
- [Film] Thérèse Desqueyroux / Georges Franju (1962)
Translations
- Thérèse (variously translated as Thérèse Desqueyroux)
Le Nœud de vipères (The Knot of Vipers)
1932 Novel / Autobiographical novel elementsDepicts the narrator's anguish amid family strife, resentment and tension between faith and nihilism.
resentmentreligion and doubtfamily wounds
Translations
- Le Nœud de vipères (Vipers' Tangle / The Knot of Vipers)
Bibliography
- L'Enfant chargé de chaînes (1913)
- Le Désert de l'amour (1925)
- Thérèse Desqueyroux (1927)
- Le Nœud de vipères (1932)
- L'Agneau (1954)
Adaptations
- Film adaptation of Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962, directed by Georges Franju)
Translations of Works
- Thérèse Desqueyroux (English translations: Thérèse / Thérèse Desqueyroux)
- Le Désert de l'amour (The Desert of Love)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Introspective, psychological prose probing religious and moral questionsConcise and composed narrative voice
- Recurring Motifs
- sin and redemptionfamilial traumafaith and doubt
Legacy
François Mauriac is one of the leading figures of 20th-century French literature, acclaimed for his spiritual insight and psychological depth. His 1952 Nobel Prize solidified his international reputation. His political stances and public disputes during and after WWII also kept him influential in literary and public life.
Museums
- The François Mauriac Centre at Malagar Malagar (Saint-Maixant), Gironde, France
Academic Societies
- Académie française
Archives
- Collections at the Malagar François Mauriac Centre
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (related holdings)
In Popular Culture
- Public awareness through film adaptations such as Thérèse Desqueyroux
Quotes
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“for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life.”
Source: The Nobel Prize citation (1952) (1952)
Trivia
- Encouraged Elie Wiesel to write about his experiences and wrote the foreword to Wiesel's Night.
- Died in Paris in 1970 and was interred in the cemetery of Vémars, Val d'Oise, France.