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Claude Mauriac (25 April 1914 – 22 March 1996) was a French author and journalist. He was born in
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, the eldest son of the author François Mauriac. Mauriac was the personal secretary of
Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Governm ...
from 1944 to 1949, before becoming a cinema critic and arts person of ''
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''. He was the author of several novels and essays, and co-scripted the movie adaptation of his father's novel '' Thérèse Desqueyroux''. He also wrote a study of the novelist
Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel '' In Search of Lost Time'' (''À la recherche du temps perdu''; with the previous ...
, his wife's great-uncle. Mauriac was also a close friend of French philosopher
Michel Foucault Paul-Michel Foucault (, ; ; 15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily address the relationship between power and knowledge, and ho ...
.


Bibliography


Journals

*Le Temps immobile **''Le Temps immobile 1'', Grasset, 1974 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1983 **''Le Temps immobile 2 (Les Espaces imaginaires)'', Grasset, 1975 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1985 **''Le Temps immobile 3 (Et comme l'espérance est violente)'', Grasset, 1976 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1986 **''Le Temps immobile 4 (La Terrasse de Malagar)'', Grasset, 1977 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1987 **''Le Temps immobile 5 (Aimer de Gaulle)'', Grasset, 1978 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1988 **''Le Temps immobile 6 (Le Rire des pères dans les yeux des enfants)'', Grasset, 1981 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1989 **''Le Temps immobile 7 (Signes, rencontres et rendez-vous)'', Grasset, 1983 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1990 **''Le Temps immobile 8 (Bergère ô tour Eiffel)'', Grasset, 1985 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1991 **''Le Temps immobile 9 (Mauriac et fils)'', Grasset, 1986 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1992 **''Le Temps immobile 10 (L'Oncle Marcel)'', Grasset, 1988 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1993 **''Conversations avec André Gide'', Albin Michel, 1951 ; nouvelle édition revue et augmentée, 1990 **''Une amitié contrariée'', Grasset, 1970 **''Une certaine rage'', Robert Laffont, 1977 **''L'Éternité parfois'', Pierre Belfond, 1978 **''Laurent Terzieff'', Stock, 1980 **''Qui peut le dire ?'', L'Âge d'Homme, 1985 *''Le Temps accompli'' **''Le Temps accompli 1'', Grasset, 1991 **''Le Temps accompli 2 (Histoire de ne pas oublier. Journal 1938)'', Grasset, 1992 **''Le Temps accompli 3 (Le Pont du secret)'', Grasset, 1993 **''Le Temps accompli 4 (Travaillez quand vous avez encore la lumière)'', posthume, Grasset, 1996


Novels

*''Le Dialogue intérieur'' **''Toutes les femmes sont fatales'', Albin Michel, 1957 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1971 **'' Le Dîner en ville'', Albin Michel, 1959 ; Le Livre de Poche, 1973 ; Folio, 1985 ( Prix Médicis 1959) **''La Marquise sortit à cinq heures'', Albin Michel, 1961 ; Folio, 1984 **''L'Agrandissement'', Albin Michel, 1963 *''Les Infiltrations de l'invisible'' **''L'Oubli'', Grasset, 1966 **''Le Bouddha s'est mis à trembler'', Grasset, 1979 **''Un cœur tout neuf'', Grasset, 1980 **''Radio Nuit'', Grasset, 1982 **''Zabé'', Gallimard, 1984 ; Folio, 1993 **''Trans-Amour-Étoiles'', Grasset, 1989 **''Journal d'une ombre'', Sables, 1992 *sous le pseudonyme de ''Harriet Pergoline'' **''Le Fauteuil Rouge'', Flammarion, 1990


Plays

*''La Conversation'', Grasset, 1964. *Théâtre (''La Conversation'' ; ''Ici, maintenant'' ; ''Le Cirque'' ; ''Les Parisiens du dimanche'' ; ''Le Hun''), Grasset, 1968


Essays

*''Introduction à une mystique de l'enfer'', Grasset, 1938 *''Jean Cocteau ou la Vérité du mensonge'', Odette Lieutier, 1945 *''Aimer Balzac'', La Table Ronde, 1945 *''La Trahison d'un clerc'', La Table Ronde, 1945 *''Malraux ou le mal du héros'', Grasset, 1946 *''André Breton'', Éditions de Flore, 1949 ; Grasset, 1970 (
Prix Sainte-Beuve The Prix Sainte-Beuve, established in 1946, is a French literary prize awarded each year to a writer in the categories "novels" (or "poetry") and "essays" (or "critics"); it is named after the writer Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve. The founding jury ...
1949) *''Marcel Proust par lui-même'', Collections Microcosme "Écrivains de toujours", Le Seuil, 1953 *''Hommes et idées d'aujourd'hui'', Albin Michel, 1953 *''L'Amour du cinéma'', Albin Michel, 1954 *''Petite littérature du cinéma'', Le Cerf, 1957 *''L'Alittérature contemporaine'', Albin Michel, 1958 et 1969 *''De la littérature à l'alittérature'', Grasset, 1969 *''Quand le temps était mobile'', Bartillat, 2008


References


External links

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The Claude Mauriac website
1914 births 1996 deaths Writers from Paris Prix Sainte-Beuve winners 20th-century French journalists French film critics Prix Médicis winners Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery French male non-fiction writers Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 20th-century French male writers {{france-writer-stub