Napoleon de andre maurois biography
Napoleon de andre maurois biography
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André Maurois
French author (1885–1967)
André Maurois | |
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1936 photograph of Maurois | |
| Born | Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog (1885-07-26)26 July 1885 Elbeuf, France |
| Died | 9 October 1967(1967-10-09) (aged 82) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Resting place | Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Lycée Pierre Corneille |
| Notable works | Les silences du colonel Bramble |
| Relatives | Ernest Herzog and Alice Lévy-Rueff |
André Maurois (French:[mɔʁwa]; born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 – 9 October 1967) was a French author.
Biography
Maurois was born on 26 July 1885 in Elbeuf and educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen,[1] both in Normandy. A member of the Javal family, Maurois was the son of Ernest Herzog, a Jewish textile manufacturer, and his wife Alice Lévy-Rueff.
His family had fled Alsace after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71 and took refuge