Intro
French novelist
Awards Received
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Prix Goncourt
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Prince Pierre Award
Order of Friendship
Concours général
Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ
Order of Friendship of Peoples
honorary doctorate of the University of Tirana
Music
Member of, past and present
Romanian Academy
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Maurice Druon (23 April 1918 – 14 April 2009) was a French novelist and a member of the Académie française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.