Maurice Barrès
French novelist (1862-1923) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 61
Auguste-Maurice Barrès was a French novelist, journalist, philosopher, and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in French literature with the release of his work The Cult of the Self in 1888. He was elected a member of the Académie Française in 1906.
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Portrait of a young Maurice Barrès
Les Déracinés, published in 1897
Portrait by Jacques-Émile Blanche
'The lies of Maurice Barrès' - Answer to the police complaint by Maurice Barrès by Louis Galau and his group (courtesy of Archives anarchistes)
Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1918
Portrait of Barrès by French artist Jacques-Émile Blanche
Boulevard Maurice Barrès, Neuilly-sur-Seine.Awards
About this person
Country
France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1862 to 1923 · aged 61
Where to find them
The same award as Maurice
Georges BernanosBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Jules RomainsBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Georges DuhamelBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Jacques de LacretelleBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Valery LarbaudBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century