During WW I Mauriac served in theīalkans as a Red Cross hospital orderly. In 1913 Mauriac married Jeanne Lafon their first child,Ĭlaude, became also a novelist. Performed 100 times in 1937-1938 at the Comédie Française. The success of his novels, but Asmodéewas ( Mauriac: The Poetry of a Novelist by Paul Cooke,Ģ003, p. (1941) formed the glacier from which all his novels had flowed. He remarked that Orages (1925) and Le Sang d'Atys However, Mauriac's prose has always attracted moreĪttention from both critics and the reading public. Mauriac began his literary career as a poet with Les A great novelist is first of all a great poet.'

He said, 'Iīelieve that only poetry counts and that only through the poeticalĮlements enclosed in a work of art of any genre whatever does that workĭeserve to last. Mauriac's style was poetic, full of suggestion. Published studies on Racine and Marcel Proust, Pascal was perhaps the most important thinkerįor him.

Mauriac's work show influence from several writers. Months and then decided to devote himself entirely to literature. However, Mauriac remained at the school only a few Paris to prepare for entrance in the École des Chartes, where he wasĪccepted in 1908. His licence (the equivalent of an M.A.) in 1905. Of his early education although he was unhappy at Ste Marie.Īfter studies at the University of Bordeaux, Mauriac received The author never ceased to acknowledge the importance From the age of seven, Mauriac attended a school run by the His mother was a devout Catholic, who was influenced by Jansenist Two years old, his father died, and the family lived with grandparents. Jean-Paul Mauriac, a wealthy businessman. All our sources are related.' (in Mauriac's Mémoires Intérieures, 1959)įrançois Mauriac was born in Bordeaux, the youngest son of Problems of good and evil in human nature and in the world. Long tradition of French Roman Catholic writers, who examined the zip of the website is also available.įrench novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, journalist,

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