biography
pronunciation:
[drüõ]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1918– )
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| biography:
| Novelist, playwright, and politician, born in France. He wrote works of historical fiction, including Chant des partisans (1941), Les Grandes familles (Prix Goncourt, 1948), La Chute des corps (1950), and Rois Maudits (7 vols, 1955–77) which was adapted for television. Among his plays are Mégarée (1942) and La Contessa (1961). Involved in politics, he was minister of cultural affairs (1973–4), député de Paris (1978–81), and a member of the European Assembly (1979–80), and he also edited Réformer la démocratie (1982). In 1986 he was appointed permanent secretary of the Académie Française. |
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