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- Died
- Birth nameÉmile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog
- André Maurois was born on July 26, 1885 in Elbeuf, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France. He was a writer, known for Pensione Edelweiss (1959), Eshtebah (1953) and Night Gallery (1969). He was married to Jane-Wanda "Janine" de Szymkiewicz and Simone de Caillavet. He died on October 7, 1967 in Paris, France.
- SpousesJane-Wanda "Janine" de Szymkiewicz(1909 - 1923) (her death, 3 children)Simone de Caillavet(? - October 9, 1967) (his death)
- Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966
- Honorary president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1965
- President of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1957
- President of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951
- Biographer, translator, author, for his literary work and for his work during WWI and WWII , in 1947, the French government authorized him, who was already member of the Académie, to use as his official name his nom de plume André Maurois.
- Advice is always a confession.
- Men so like to be talked about that a discussion of their faults delights them.
- The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
- Men fear silence as they fear solitude because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.
- My taste for the serious prompts me to find most pleasure in talking with children.
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