Maurice Druon

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born

April 23, 1918 in Paris, France

died

April 14, 2009

gender

male

genre

History, Literature & Fiction

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Maurice Druon was born in Paris. He is the nephew of the writer Joseph Kessel, with whom he wrote the Chant des Partisans, which, with music composed by Anna Marly, was used as an anthem by the French Resistance during the Second World War.

In 1948 he received the Prix Goncourt for his novel Les grandes familles. On December 8, 1966, he was elected to the 30th seat of the Académie française, succeeding Georges Duhamel.

While his scholarly writing earned him a seat at the Académie, he is best known for a series of seven historical novels published in the 1950s under the title Les Rois Maudits (The Accursed Kings).

He was Minister of Cultural Affairs in 1973 and 1974 in Pierre Messmer's cabinet, and a deputy of Paris from 1978 to 1981.

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Books by Maurice Druon

Average rating: 4.10 · 4,005 ratings · 157 reviews · 30 distinct works

	El rey de hierro (Los Reyes Malditos, #1) by Maurice Druon, Ma. Orozco Bravo (Translation) 4.16 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 1955 — 24 editions	My rating:
	La Ley De Los Varones (Los Reyes Malditos, #4) by Maurice Druon, Ma Orozco Bravo (Translator), Ma. Orozco Bravo (Translation) 4.18 avg rating — 418 ratings — published 1958 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Los venenos de la corona by Maurice Druon, Ma. Orozco Bravo (Translation) 4.13 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 1956 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Les rois maudits 4.33 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 1955 — 12 editions	My rating:
	La loba de Francia by Maurice Druon, Ma Orozco Bravo (Translator), Ma. Orozco Bravo (Translation) 4.21 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 1959 — 14 editions	My rating:
	La flor de lis y el leon by Maurice Druon, Ma. Orozco Bravo (Translation) 4.16 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 1959 — 16 editions	My rating:
	تيستو سبزانگشتی by Maurice Druon, لیلی گلستان (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 1958 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Strangled Queen 4.16 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 1955 — 16 editions	My rating:
	De como un rey perdió Francia by Maurice Druon, Ma. Orozco Bravo (Translation) 3.59 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1977 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Яд и корона. Негоже лилиям прясть by Maurice Druon, Морис Дрюон, Nadezhda Zharkova 4.36 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1956 — 2 editions	My rating: