Maurice Genevoix

Maurice Genevoix was born on 29 November 1890 in Decize, in the Nièvre. A student at the École normale supérieure, he was mobilised in 1914 as an infantry officer and very seriously wounded on 25 April 1915 at Les Éparges, where he lost the use of his left hand. He drew five war narratives from his months at the front. Elected to the Académie française on 24 October 1946, he served as its perpetual secretary from 1958, died on 8 September 1980 and entered the Panthéon on 11 November 2020.

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• NovelRaboliotMaurice Genevoix · 1925not translated into EnglishLiterature