Maurice Druon
French novelist · France · On the map · Writers · Lived 1918 to 2009 · aged 90
Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.
Maurice Druon is read about 415 times a day, in 46 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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2009Died14 April 20091993Order of FriendshipAward1966Prince Pierre AwardAward1960Paulée de Meursault PrizeAward1948Prix GoncourtAward1936Concours généralAward1918Born23 April 1918
People around Maurice
Close ties
Bernard Buffet Friend
Louis Seigner Also in The Possessors (1958)
Jean Desailly Also in The Possessors (1958)
Gabriel Gobin Maurice wrote Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
Ingrid Bergman Also in Goodbye Again and A Matter of Time
Jean Gabin Maurice wrote Le Baron de l'écluse (1960)
Anthony Perkins Also in Goodbye Again (1961)
Vincente Minnelli Directed A Matter of Time (1976)
Anatole Litvak Produced Goodbye Again (1961)
Micheline Presle Maurice wrote Le Baron de l'écluse (1960)
Jean Delannoy Directed The Baron of the Locks (1960)
Denys de La Patellière Directed The Possessors (1958)
Dominique Boschero Maurice wrote Le Baron de l'écluse (1960)- Luigi Capuano Directed Vertigine d'amore (1948)
Alexandre Rignault Maurice wrote Le Baron de l'écluse (1960)
Blanchette Brunoy Maurice wrote Le Baron de l'écluse (1960)
Jacques Castelot Maurice wrote Le Baron de l'écluse (1960)
Jacques Hilling Maurice wrote Le Baron de l'écluse (1960)
Edmund Grainger Produced A Matter of Time (1976)
Alain Peyrefitte Succeeded Maurice as Minister of Culture (France)- Jacques Duhamel Preceded Maurice as Minister of Culture (France)
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About this person
Country
France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 2009 · aged 90
