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Barcelona. 20 cm. 189 p. il. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Biblioteca Salvat de grandes biografías ;', numero coleccion(1). Maurois, André 1885-1967. Prólogo, Carmen Llorca. Napoleón. Emperador de Francia .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario.
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Published January 1, 1984
About the author
André Maurois
1,111 books263 followersAndré Maurois, born Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, was a French author. André Maurois was a pseudonym that became his legal name in 1947.
During World War I he joined the French army and served as an interpreter and later a liaison officer to the British army. His first novel, Les silences du colonel Bramble, was a witty but socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and also became popular in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries as The Silence of Colonel Bramble. Many of his other works have also been translated into English (mainly by Hamish Miles (1894–1937)), as they often dealt with British people or topics, such as his biographies of Disraeli, Byron, and Shelley.
During 1938 Maurois was elected to the prestigious Académie française. Maurois was encouraged and assisted in seeking this post by Marshal Philippe Pétain, and he made a point of acknowleging with thanks his debt to Pétain in his 1941 autobiography, Call no man happy - though by the time of writing, their paths had sharply diverged, Pétain having become Head of State of the Nazi-collaborationist Vichy France.
During World War II he served in the French army and the Free French Forces.
He died during 1967 after a long career as an author of novels, biographies, histories, children's books and science fiction stories. He is buried in the Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery near Paris.
During World War I he joined the French army and served as an interpreter and later a liaison officer to the British army. His first novel, Les silences du colonel Bramble, was a witty but socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and also became popular in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries as The Silence of Colonel Bramble. Many of his other works have also been translated into English (mainly by Hamish Miles (1894–1937)), as they often dealt with British people or topics, such as his biographies of Disraeli, Byron, and Shelley.
During 1938 Maurois was elected to the prestigious Académie française. Maurois was encouraged and assisted in seeking this post by Marshal Philippe Pétain, and he made a point of acknowleging with thanks his debt to Pétain in his 1941 autobiography, Call no man happy - though by the time of writing, their paths had sharply diverged, Pétain having become Head of State of the Nazi-collaborationist Vichy France.
During World War II he served in the French army and the Free French Forces.
He died during 1967 after a long career as an author of novels, biographies, histories, children's books and science fiction stories. He is buried in the Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery near Paris.
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March 11, 2019
Bueno yo no lei este libro, yo lei uno sobre la biografía de Van Goh pero el código de barras me manda aquí así que OK. Hablare del libro de Van Goh, básicamente narra su biografía basado en las cartas que el artista le enviaba a Theodoro, su hermano. Por lo tanto las experiencias que narran son desde su percepción y apoyado en la información que se tenia a la fecha (la verdad es la edición que lei era bastante antigua). Lo único que criticaría seria que no trataran los hechos posteriores a su muerte, es decir, por qué no explicar cómo el artista se volvió famoso y sus cuadros ganaron reconocimiento finalmente no?
June 8, 2021
Esta breve biografía del gran cineasta Español, Luis Buñuel, sintetiza muy bien los aspectos más relevantes de su vida, mientras entreteje todo con los detalles y los símbolos de sus películas.
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