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Maurice Druon
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Maurice Druon

1918 – 2009 · aged 91

French novelist

Born
23 Apr 1918 · 13th arrondissement of Paris
Died
14 Apr 2009 · 7th arrondissement of Paris

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 23 Apr 1918BornBorn in 13th arrondissement of Paris
  2. 1936AwardConcours général
  3. 1948AwardPrix Goncourt
  4. 1960AwardPaulée de Meursault Prize
  5. 1966 – 2009RoleMember of the Académie française
  6. 1966AwardPrince Pierre Award
  7. 1967 – 1973RolePresident
  8. 1973 – 1974RoleMinister of Culture (France)
  9. 1978 – 1981RoleSubstitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  10. 1979 – 1980RoleMember of the European Parliament
  11. 1985 – 1999RolePerpetual secretary of the French Academy
  12. 1993AwardOrder of Friendship
  13. 14 Apr 2009DiedDied in 7th arrondissement of Paris

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1918 – 2009).

  1. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  2. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  3. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  4. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  5. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  6. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  7. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1938Munich Agreement
  9. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  10. 1939 – 1945World War II
  11. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  12. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  13. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  14. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  15. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  16. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  17. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  18. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  20. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  21. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  23. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  24. 1956Suez Crisis
  25. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  27. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  29. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  31. 1968Prague Spring
  32. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  33. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  34. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  35. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  37. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  38. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  39. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  40. 1985Schengen Agreement

Biography

Maurice Druon (French pronunciation: [mɔʁis dʁyɔ̃]; 23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.

Text from the Wikipedia article Maurice Druon, CC BY-SA 4.0

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