About
Charles Maurras (1868-1952) was a French intellectual and a leading figure of integral nationalism. Deafened in adolescence, he devoted himself to literature and co-founded the École romane in 1891. In 1899, he founded the journal L'Action française, the organ of the monarchist movement. His doctrine, combining monarchism, anti-parliamentarism, and social Catholicism, deeply influenced the French right. Elected to the Académie française in 1938, he supported the Vichy regime and was convicted of collaboration in 1945. He died in 1952 after receiving last rites.
* 1868-04-20 — † 1952-11-16
Major works
- Le Chemin de Paradis (1894)collection of tales
- Enquête sur la monarchie (1900)political essay
- Anthinéa (1901)essay
- L'Avenir de l'intelligence (1905)essay
- Mes idées politiques (1937)political essay
Key milestones
- 1899Founded the journal L'Action française.
- 1926His works and the Action Française movement were placed on the Index by Pope Pius XI.
- 1945Convicted of collaboration, he was stripped of civil liberties and excluded from the Académie française.
Themes
integral nationalismmonarchismanti-parliamentarismsocial Catholicismliterary classicism
Sources: britannica.com · larousse.fr