Maurice Druon
Maurice Druon (1918–2009) was a French politician, writer and screenwriter.
Also recorded as Maurice Samuel Roger Charles Druon.
Overview
Recorded at birth as Samuel Roger Charles Wild, puis Druon.
Born at Paris in 1918, died at Paris in 2009.
In detail
Maurice Druon studied at Lycée Louis-le-Grand and Lycée Michelet, Vanves. the recorded working language is French.
The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, prose and politics.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Strasbourg and Brussels. Positions recorded include member of the French National Assembly and perpetual secretary of the French Academy. Membership is recorded of Académie Française, Romanian Academy and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Works named in the authority record are The Accursed Kings and Tistou: The Boy with Green Thumbs.
Work by Maurice Druon is recorded in the collections of Musée de la Légion d'honneur.
Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Prix Goncourt and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Sources
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“Maurice Druon”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q223949: Maurice Druon
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