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Francois Mauriac, recipient of the 1952 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Bordeaux, France. He was the youngest of five children in an upper-middle-class family. His father, a banker, died when he was an infant. He was educated at the University of Bordeaux and the Ecole Nationale des Chartes at Paris. During World War I he was a Red Cross hospital orderly in the Balkans. He wrote for the French newspaper LE FIGARO.
Mauriac published both poetry and novels. His first publication, LES MAIN JOINTES (JOINED HANDS), was published when he was 24. He gained widespread recognition for his 1922 novel, LE BAISER AUX LEPREUX (A KISS FOR THE LEPER).
Francois Mauriac died in Paris, France in 1970.
CHRONOLOGY
1885 He was born in Bordeaux, France.
1909 LES MAIN JOINTES (JOINED HANDS)
1911 L'ADIEU A L'ADOLESCENCE
1913 L'ENFANT CHARGE DE CHAINES (YOUNG MAN IN CHAINS)
1914 LA ROBE PRETEXTED (THE STUFF OF YOUTH)
1920 DE QUELQUES COEURS IN QUIETS; LA CHAIR ET LE SANG
1921 PRESEANCES (QUESTIONS OF PRECEDENCE)
1922 LE BAISER AU LEPREUX (THE KISS OF THE LEPER)
1923 LE FLEUVE DE FEU (THE RIVER OF FIRE); GENITRIX (THE FAMILY)
1924 LE MAL (THE ENEMY); LA VIE ET LA MORT D'UN POETE
1925 ORAGES; LE DESERT DE L'AMOUR (THE DESERT OF LOVE)
1926 BORDEAUX; LE JEUNE HOMME; PROUST; FABIEN; LA PROVINCE; LA RENCONTRE AVED PASCAL; LE TOURMENT DE JAQUES RIVIERE
1927 THERESE DESQUEYROUX
1928 DESTINS; LE ROMAN; LA VIE RACINE
1929 DIEU ET MAMMON (GOD AND MAMMON); CE QUI ETAIT PERDU (SUSPICION); TROIS RECITS
1930 VOLTAIRE ET CENTRE PASCAL; TROIS GRANDS HOMMES DEVANT DIEU; CE QUI ETAT PERDU (THAT WHICH WAS LOST)
1931 SOUFFRANCES ET BONHEUR DU CHRETIEN (ANGUISH AND JOY OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE); COMMENCEMENT D'UNE VIE, SUIVI DE BORDEAUX; JEUDI SAINT (THE EUCHARIST); L'AFFAIRE FAVRE-BULLE; BLAISE PASCAL ET SA SOEUR JACQUELINE; RENE BAZIN
1932 LA NOEUD DE VIPERES (VIPER'S TANGLE)
1933 LE ROMANCIER ET SES PERSONNAGES (THE NOVELIST AND HIS CHARACTERS); LE MYSTERE FRONTENAC (THE FRONTENAC MYSTERY); PELERINS DE LAURDES; LE DROLE (THE HOLY TERROR); He was elected to the Frence Academy.
1935 LA FIN DE LA NUIT (THE END OF THE NIGHT)
1936 THE MASK OF INNOCENCE; VIE DE JESUS (LIFE OF JESUS)
1937 ASMODEE (THE INTRUDER)
1938 PLONGEES
1939 LES CHEMINS DE LA MER (THE UNKNOWN SEA); LES MAISONS FUGITIVES
1941 LA PHARISEINNE (A WOMAN OF PHARISEES); LE SANGE D'ATYS
1943 LE CAHIER NOIR (THE BLACK NOTEBOOK)
1944 NE PAS SE RENIER
1945 LA RENCONTRE AVEC BARRES; SAINTE MARGUERITE DE CORTONE (SAINT MARGARET OF CORTONA); LE BAILLON DENOUE; LES MAL-AIMES
1947 THERESE; DU COTE DE CHEZ PROUST (PROUST'S WAY)
1948 PASSAGE DU MALIN; JOURNAL D'UN HOMME DE TRENTE ANS
1949 LE DESERT DE L'AMOUR (THE DESERT OF LOVE)
1950 TERRES FRANCISCAINES; MES GRANDS HOMMES (MEN I HOLD GREAT)
1951 LE SAUGOUIN (THE WEAKLING); LA PIERRE D'ACHOPPEMENT (THE STUMBLING BLOCK); LE FEU SUR LA TERRE)
1952 LETTRES OUVERTES (LETTERS ON ART AND LITERATURE); GALIGAI (THE LOVED AND THE UNLOVED); He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1953 ECRITS INTIMES
1954 PAROLES CATHOLIQUES (WORDS OF FAITH); L'AGNEAU (THE LAMB)
1955 LE PAIN VIVANT
1958 LES FILS DE L'HOMME (THE SON OF MAN); BLOC-NOTES, 1952-1957; He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor.
1959 MEMOIRES; MEMOIRES INTERIEURS
1961 NOVEAUX BLOC-NOTES, 1958-1960; SECOND THOUGHTS
1962 LA VIE DE RACINE; CAIN, WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER?; CE QUE JE CROIS (WHAT I BELIEVE)
1964 DE GAULLE
1965 NOVEAUX MEMOIRES INTERIEURS; NOVEAUX BLOC-NOTES, 1961-1964
1966 D'AUTRES ET MOI
1967 MEMOIRES POLITIQUES
1969 UN ADOLESCENT D'AUTREFOIS
1970 He died in Paris, France. (September 1)
1971 DERNIERS BLOC-NOTES, 1968-1970; CORRESPONDANCE ANDRE GIDE- F.M., 1912-1950
1976 CORRESPONDANCE F.M.-JACQUES-EMILE BLANCE, 1916-1942
1978 OEUVRES ROMANESQUES ET THEATRALES COMLETES
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