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Claude Mauriac

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Claude Mauriac

Birth
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death
22 Mar 1996 (aged 81)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
Plot
Division 26, BIG cemetery.
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Author and journalist. Son of the author François Mauriac, he was the personal secretary of Charles de Gaulle from 1944 to 1949, before becoming a movie critic and arts person of Figaro. He is the author of several novels and essays, and co-scripted the movie of his father's novel Thérèse Desqueyroux and wrote a study of novelist Marcel Proust. He was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1961 and the Venice Film Festival in 1963.
Author and journalist. Son of the author François Mauriac, he was the personal secretary of Charles de Gaulle from 1944 to 1949, before becoming a movie critic and arts person of Figaro. He is the author of several novels and essays, and co-scripted the movie of his father's novel Thérèse Desqueyroux and wrote a study of novelist Marcel Proust. He was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1961 and the Venice Film Festival in 1963.


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