Maurice Druon (born April 23, 1918) is a French novelist and member of Académie française. April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... The Académie française, or French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ...

Maurice Druon was born in Paris. He is the nephew of the writer Joseph Kessel, with whom he wrote the Chant des Partisans, which, with music composed by Anna Marly, was used as an anthem by the French Resistance during the Second World War.-1... Joseph Kessel (February 10, 1898 - July 23, 1979) was a French journalist and novelist of Russian origins. ... The Chant des Partisans was the most popular song in the Free France. ... Anna Marly, (October 30, 1917 – February 15, 2006), was a Russian born French singer-songwriter. ... Bold textItalic textLink title // Headline text Headline text Headline text == The cross of Lorraine used by the French Resistance as a symbolic reference to Joan of Arc. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

In 1948 he received the Prix Goncourt for his novel Les grandes familles. On December 8, 1966, he was elected to the 30th seat of the Académie française, succeeding Georges Duhamel. See also: 1947 in literature, other events of 1948, 1949 in literature, list of years in literature. ... The Prix Goncourt is the most prestigious prize in French language literature, given to the author of the best imaginary prose work of the year. Edmond de Goncourt, a successful author, critic, and publisher, bequeathed his entire estate for the foundation and maintenance of the Académie Goncourt. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Académie française, or French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ... Georges Duhamel (June 30, 1884 - April 13, 1966), was a French author, born in Paris. ...

While his scholarly writing earned him a seat at the Académie, he is best known for a series of seven historical novels published in the 1950s under the title Les Rois Maudits (The Accursed Kings). The Accursed Kings (in French, Les Rois Maudits) is a sequence of seven historical novels by Maurice Druon, of the French Academy. ...

He was Minister of Cultural Affairs in 1973 and 1974 in Pierre Messmer's cabinet, and a deputy of Paris from 1978 to 1981. The Minister of Culture and Communications is, in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national museums and monuments; promoting and protecting the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic) in France and abroad; and managing the national archives and regional maisons de... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... On May 29, 1974 Jacques Chirac (left) replaced Pierre Messmer (right) as prime minister on the steps of the Hôtel Matignon. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Les Rois Maudits (The Accursed Kings)

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1. Le Roi de fer (The Iron King)
2. La Reine étranglée (The Strangled Queen)
3. Les Poisons de la couronne (The Poisoned Crown)
4. La Loi des mâles (The Royal Succession)
5. La Louve de France (The She-Wolf of France)
6. Le Lis et le Lion (The Lily and the Lion)
7. Quand un Roi perd la France (When a King Loses France)

Bibliography

• Mégarée, pièce en trois actes, créée au Grand Théâtre de Monte-Carlo (1942)
• "Le Sonneur de bien aller" (1943, novella)
• Préface au Silence de la mer (1943)
• Le Chant des Partisans (with Joseph Kessel, 1943)
• Lettres d’un Européen, essai (1944)
• La Dernière Brigade, roman (1946)
• Ithaque délivrée, poème dramatique traduit de l’anglais ; d’après The Rescue d’Edward Sackville-West (1947)
• Les Grandes Familles (1948)
• La Chute des corps (Les Grandes Familles, II, 1950)
• Rendez-vous aux enfers (Les Grandes Familles, III, 1951)
• Remarques (1952)
• Un voyageur, comédie en un acte, au répertoire de la Comédie française (1953)
• Le Coup de grâce, mélodrame en trois actes (with Joseph Kessel, 1953)
• La Volupté d’être, roman (1954)
• La Reine étranglée (Les Rois maudits, II, 1955)
• Le Roi de fer (Les Rois maudits, I, 1955)
• Les Poisons de la couronne (Les Rois maudits, III, 1956)
• "L’Hôtel de Mondez, nouvelle" (1956)
• La Loi des mâles (Les Rois maudits, IV, 1957)
• Tistou les pouces verts (1957)
• Alexandre le Grand (1958)
• La Louve de France (Les Rois maudits, V, 1959)
• Le Lis et le Lion (Les Rois maudits, VI, 1960)
• Des Seigneurs de la plaine à l’hôtel de Mondez (1962 - Short story collection)
• Théâtre - Mégarée, Un voyageur, La Contessa (1962)
• Les Mémoires de Zeus (1963)
• Bernard Buffet, essai (1964 - Essay)
• Paris, de César à Saint Louis (1964 - Historical essay)
• Le Pouvoir, notes et maximes (1965)
• Les Tambours de la mémoire (1965)
• Les Rois maudits, roman historique (6 volumes, 1966)
• Les Mémoires de Zeus, II, roman historique (1967)
• Le Bonheur des uns, nouvelles (1967)
• Vézelay, colline éternelle (1968)
• L’Avenir en désarroi, essai (1968)
• Grandeur et signification de Leningrad (1968)
• Lettres d’un Européen et Nouvelles Lettres d’un Européen, 1943-1970 (1970, essay)
• Splendeur provençale (1970)
• Une Église qui se trompe de siècle (1972)
• La Parole et le Pouvoir (1974)
• Œuvres complètes (25 volumes with unpublished material, 1977)
• Quand un Roi perd la France (Les Rois maudits, VII, 1977)
• Attention la France ! (1981)
• Réformer la démocratie (1982)
• La Culture et l’État (1985)
• Vézelay, colline éternelle, nouvelle édition (1987)
• Lettre aux Français sur leur langue et leur âme (1994)
• Circonstances (1997)
• Circonstances politiques, 1954-1974 (1998)
• Le bon français (1999)
• Circonstances politiques II, 1974-1998 (1999)
• La France aux ordres d’un cadavre (2000)
• Ordonnances pour un État malade (2002)
• Le Franc-parler (2003)
• Mémoires. L'aurore vient du fond du ciel (2006)

External links

• Audiobook (mp3): Incipit of Les Rois Maudits (The Accursed Kings) (French)
• L'Académie française (French)
• Maurice Druon at the Internet Movie Database