author
François Mauriac
1885–1970
A major voice in 20th-century French literature, his novels are known for their psychological depth, moral tension, and sharp understanding of family and faith. He won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature and remained an influential public writer for decades.
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The kiss to the leper
by François Mauriac
La chair et le sang
by François Mauriac
Le baiser au lépreux
by François Mauriac
L'enfant chargé de chaînes
by François Mauriac
Thérèse
by François Mauriac
About the author
Born in Bordeaux on October 11, 1885, François Mauriac became one of France’s most celebrated novelists, while also writing poetry, plays, criticism, and journalism. He was elected to the Académie française in 1933, and in 1952 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature for the spiritual intensity and artistic power of his work.
Mauriac’s fiction often explores inner conflict, religion, guilt, desire, and the pressures of bourgeois family life. His best-known books include Thérèse Desqueyroux, and readers often return to his work for the way it blends psychological insight with moral drama.
He died on September 1, 1970. Though deeply rooted in French Catholic culture, his writing still speaks clearly to modern readers because it is so attentive to conscience, weakness, and the hidden struggles people carry.