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Francois Mauriac
see synonyms of francois mauriacNoun
1. francois charles mauriac, francois mauriac, mauriac
French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970)
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Francois Mauriac
see synonyms of francois mauriac French writer many of whose novels, notably Thérèse Desqueyroux (1927), are psychological studies of temptation, sin, and redemption in the lives of bourgeois characters. He won the 1952 Nobel Prize for literature.
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