François Mauriac (October 11, 1885–September 1, 1970) was a French author. He is acknowledged to be one of the greatest Roman Catholic writers of the 20th century. October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

He was born François Charles Mauriac in Bordeaux, Gironde department, Aquitaine, France. He studied literature at the University of Bordeaux, graduating in 1905, after which he moved to Paris to prepare for entrance in the École des Chartes. He remained at the school only a few months after making the decision to devote himself entirely to writing. City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. ... Gironde is a département in the southwest of France named after the Gironde Estuary. ... Capital Bordeaux Area 41,309 km² Regional President Alain Rousset ( PS) (since 1998) Population   - 2004 estimate   - 1999 census   - Density (Ranked 6th) 3,049,000 2,908,359 74/km² (2004) Arrondissements 18 Cantons 235 Communes 2,296 Départements Dordogne Gironde Landes Lot-et-Garonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques Aquitaine... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

His first volume of poems, Les Mains jointes (Clasped Hands), was published in 1909 and although it gained some attention in the literary community, it was more than ten years before he came into any public prominence. His writing career was interrupted by the First World War, when he served in the Balkans as a Red Cross hospital orderly. 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). ... The terms Red Cross and Red Crescent are often used as short names for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or its two leading international organs, the ICRC and the IFRCS. This page is about the symbol itself, see respective articles for information about the organizations and movements. ...

A few years after the war, in 1922, he published Le Baiser aux lepreux (A Kiss for the Leper) to wide acclaim. In 1933, he was elected to the Académie française. During the Second World War he continued to write, publishing Le Cahier noir (The Black Notebook) under the pseudonym "Forez". 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Académie française, or French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ...

Besides his more than 30 novels, Mauriac published several plays which were produced by the Comédie Française. He was also a distinguished journalist, working as an editorial writer for the major French newspaper, Le Figaro. In the 1950s, he supported Algerian independence, condemning the use of torture by the French army. He also published a series of personal memoirs and a biography of Charles de Gaulle. The Comédie-Française or Théâtre français is the only state theater in France. ... Le Figaro is one of the leading French morning daily newspapers. ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ... Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (November 22, 1890 – November 9, 1970), in France commonly referred to as général de Gaulle, was a French military leader and statesman. ...

In 1952, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in 1958. Mauriac's complete works were published in twelve volumes between 1950 and 1956. He also encouraged Elie Wiesel to write about his experiences as a Jew during the Holocaust. 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... French Legion of Honor The Légion dhonneur (Legion of Honor ( AmE) or Legion of Honour ( ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ... Elie Wiesel Eliezer Wiesel (born September 30, 1928) is a Holocaust survivor, a world-renowned author, and a political activist. ... This article deals with the Nazi Holocaust. ...

François Mauriac died in Paris on September 1, 1970 and was interred in the Cimetiere de Vemars, Val d'Oise, France. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Val-dOise is a French département named after the Oise River, located in the Île-de-France région. ...