Claude Mauriac

Claude Mauriac (25 April 1914, Paris – 22 March 1996) was a French author and journalist, eldest son of the author François Mauriac.

He was the personal secretary of Charles de Gaulle from 1944 to 1949, before becoming a cinema critic and arts person of Figaro. He was the author of several novels and essays, and co-scripted the movie of his father's novel Thérèse Desqueyroux. He also wrote a study of the novelist Marcel Proust whose great niece was his wife. He was also a close friend of French philosopher Michel Foucault.

External links

Claude Mauriac at the Internet Movie Database
The Claude Mauriac website.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 109884191 LCCN: n50007067 ISNI: 0000 0001 2284 0949 SUDOC: 027343685 BNF: cb119152464 (data)

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