Maurice Vaussard (8 September 1888 – 24 February 1978) was a 20th-century French writer and essayist.

Maurice Vaussard
Born8 September 1888
Ramburelles (Somme)
Died24 February 1978(1978-02-24) (aged 89)
Paris
Occupation(s)Writer
Essayist

Author of numerous historical and political essays, a specialist in Italian history and the Christian Democrats, Maurice Vaussard was editor at the Revue universelle [fr] (of Jacques Bainville and Henri Massis) and at Le Monde from 1945 to 1972. He was awarded numerous prizes by the Académie française.

Prizes

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  • 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.

Bibliography

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  • Ilaria Biagioli, Maurice Vaussard. Un cristiano e l'eresia nazionalista, in Cattolicesimo e totalitarismo. Chiese e culture religiose tra le due guerre mondiali (Italia, Spagna, Francia), a cura di Daniele Menozzi e Renato Moro, Brescia, Morcelliana, 2004.
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