About Maurice Vaussard
Lived 1888 – 1978 (aged 89). Maurice Vaussard was a French writer, journalist, historian and translator.
Maurice Vaussard (8 September 1888 – 24 February 1978) was a 20th-century French writer and essayist.
Author of numerous historical and political essays, a specialist in Italian history and the Christian Democrats, Maurice Vaussard was editor at the (of Jacques Bainville and Henri Massis) and at Le Monde from 1945 to 1972. He was awarded numerous prizes by the Académie française.
Prizes 1922: Prix Bordin for L’intelligence catholique dans l’Italie au XXe siècle 1926: Prix Montyon for Sainte Marie-Madeleine de Pazzi (1566–1607) 1951: Prix d’Académie for Histoire de l’Italie contemporaine 1959: Prix Louis Barthou for ensemble de son œuvre 1962: Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) for ensemble de son œuvre 1967: Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises 1974: Prix de l’Académie for ensemble de ses travaux historiques
He is buried in the 29th division of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.
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French historian and journalist (1888–1978)
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Maurice Vaussard was born on 8 September 1888 in Ramburelles.
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Maurice Vaussard died on 24 February 1978 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Maurice Vaussard was a writer, journalist, historian and translator.
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