André Maurois

André Maurois

André Maurois, born Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, (July 26, 1885 – October 9, 1967) was a French author and man of letters.

Life

Maurois was born in Elbeuf and educated in Rouen, both in Normandy.

During World War I he joined the French army and served as an interpreter and later a liaison officer to the British army. His first novel, "Les silences du colonel Bramble", was a witty but socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and also became popular in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries as "The Silence of Colonel Bramble". Many of his other works have also been translated into English, as they often dealt with British figures or topics, such as his biographies of Disraeli, Byron, and Shelley.

In 1938 Maurois was elected to the prestigious "Académie française".

When World War II broke out, he was appointed the French Official Observer attached to the British General Headquarters. In his official capacity he accompanied the British Army to Belgium. He personally knew the leaders of the French Government, and on June 10, 1940, he was sent on a mission to London. The Armistice put an end to that mission. Maurois was demobilized and traveled from England to Canada. He wrote of these experiences in his book, "Tragedy in France". [Maurois, 1940, Foreword]

During World War II he served in the French army and the Free French Forces.

"André Maurois" was a pen name that became his legal name in 1947.

He died in 1967 after a long career as an author of novels, biographies, histories, and children’s books. He is buried in the Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery near Paris.

Bibliography

*"Climats"
*"Lelia, ou la vie de George Sand" (Lelia, or the life of George Sand)
*"Histoire d'Angleterre" (History of England)
*"Aspects of Biography" (1929)
*"Fattypuffs and Thinifers" (1930)
*"The Next Chapter: The War Against the Moon" (1930)
*"Ariel"
*"Byron" (first published in hardback by Cape in 1930, and since translated from French into English by Hamish Miles and published in paperback by Constable in 1984)
*"Captains and Kings"
*"Disraeli"
*"Mape"
*"Lyautey"
*"The Silence of Colonel Bramble"
*"General Bramble"
*"Dickens"
*"Prophets and Poets"
*"The Thought Reading Machine"
*"Ricochets"
*"The Miracle of England"
*"Chateaubriand"
*"The Art of Living"
*"Tragedy in France"
*"I Remember, I Remember"
*"The Miracle of America"
*"Les Origines de la Guerre de 1939"
*"Woman Without Love"
*"My American Journal"
*"Olympio: The Turbulent Life of Victor Hugo"
*"To an Unknown Lady"
*"Prometheus: The Life of Balzac"
*"The Life of Sir Alexander Fleming: Discoverer of Penicillin"
*"Adrienne, ou, La vie de Mme de La Fayette"
*"Ariel the Life of Shelley"
*"The World of Marcel Proust"
*"Titans: A Three-Generation Biography of the Dumas"

References

Notes

General references

*cite book
last = Maurois
first = Andre
authorlink =
others = Denver Lindley (translator)
title = Tragedy in France
publisher = Harper & Brothers
series =
year = 1940
isbn =

External links

* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/andre-maurois/ Science Fiction works]
* [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/amaurois.htm Amazon biography]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Andre Maurois — André Maurois Pour les articles homonymes, voir Maurois. André Maurois …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Andre Maurois — André Maurois. André Maurois. André Maurois (* 26. Juli 1885 in Elbeuf bei Rouen; † …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • André Maurois — André Ma …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • André Maurois — André Maurois, pintado por Philip Alexius de Laszlo, 1934. André Maurois es el seudónimo de Émile Herzog, Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, novelista y ensayista francés nacido el 26 de julio de 1885 en Elbeuf, Normandía y fallecido en …   Wikipedia Español

  • André Maurois — es el seudónimo de Émile Herzog, novelista y ensayista francés nacido el 26 de julio de 1885 en Elbeuf (Normandía) y muerto en París el 9 de Octubre de 1967. Descendiente de una rica familia dedicada la la industria textil, Maurois realizó… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • André Maurois — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Maurois. André Maurois …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Andre Maurois — noun French writer best known for his biographies (1885 1967) • Syn: ↑Maurois, ↑Emile Herzog • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author …   Useful english dictionary

  • André Maurois — Amor En los comienzos de un amor, los amantes hablan del porvenir; en su declive, hablan del pasado. Para morir de amor hay que tener tiempo. Azar Los azares de la vida son tales, que toda eventualidad se hace posible. Belleza Cuando las cosas no …   Diccionario de citas

  • Andre Maurois — Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • Lycee Andre Maurois — Lycée André Maurois Lycée André Maurois Localisation Localisation Deauville, France Informations Fondation 1963 Type Public Niveau Établissement secondaire : Lycée Le ly …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”