Maurois

American

[maw-rwa] / mɔˈrwa /

noun

André Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.

Maurois British

/ mɔrwa /

noun

André (ɑ̃dre), pen name of Émile Herzog. 1885–1967, French writer, best known for his biographies, such as those of Shelley, Byron, and Proust

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“The history of France, a permanent miracle, has the singular privilege of impassioning the peoples of the earth to the point where they all take part in French quarrels,” the French author André Maurois wrote.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 18, 2019

Fran�ois Mauriac, Andre Maurois, Jacques Jaujard, agreed on the twelve greatest non-French works of fiction, penned between 1850 and 1950.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Duke of Devonshire, recounts Author Maurois, nearly always fell asleep in the House of Lords,* yawned during his maiden speech.

From Time Magazine Archive

Brigitte Bardot went on TV to plead for funds, and now an international committee headed by Biographer Andre Maurois has raised $140,000 from around the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

With an introd. by Andre Maurois & illus. by Lynd Ward.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1969 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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