Maurois

American  

[maw-rwa] / mɔˈrwa /

noun

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

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Maurois British  

/ mɔrwa /

noun

1. 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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Maurois

“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

"The difference," says Maurois, "was that Hugo was fleeing before a tyrant, Dumas before the bailiffs."

From Time Magazine Archive

Andre Maurois, 82, France's man of many letters; of complications following abdominal surgery; near Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a literary career spanning 50 years, Maurois produced over 120 works, including nine novels, three histories, countless articles, reviews, even advice to the lovelorn in women's magazines.

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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