Background
Mr. Mauriac was born on April 25, 1914 in Paris. He was the eldest son of the author François Mauriac.
Mr. Mauriac was born on April 25, 1914 in Paris. He was the eldest son of the author François Mauriac.
Claude Mauriac graduated from University Paris in 1943.
Mr. Mauriac was the personal secretary of Charles de Gaulle from 1944 to 1949, before becoming a cinema critic and arts person of Le Figaro. He was the author of several novels and essays, and co-scripted the movie adaptation of his father's novel Thérèse Desqueyroux. He also wrote a study of the novelist Marcel Proust, his wife's great-uncle.
Mr. Mauriac became founder and director of Liberte de l’Esprit, a Gaullist review. From 1954 onward, Claude Mauriac was a literary critic for Figaro, with a weekly column, “La View des lettres.” He was also a film critic for the Figaro litteraire from 1958 to 1972.
Claude Mauriac married Marie-Claude Mante in 1951. They had 3 children.