Raïssa Maritain was a Russian-born French Catholic philosopher and poet. She was the wife of Jacques Maritain, with whom she worked and whose companion she was for more than half a century, at the center of a circle of French Catholic intellectuals.
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Eugène GreenAlso won Grand prix catholique de littérature
Pierre ManentAlso won Grand prix catholique de littératurePatrice de La Tour du PinAlso won Grand prix catholique de littérature
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Raïssa Maritain was a Russian-born French Catholic philosopher and poet. She was the wife of Jacques Maritain, with whom she worked and whose companion she was for more than half a century, at the center of a circle of French Catholic intellectuals. Her memoir, Les Grandes Amitiés, which won the prix du Renouveau français, chronicles this. Jacques Maritain, Raïssa and her sister Vera (1886-1959) formed what would be called "the three Maritains".
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