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Jean Cau (writer) was born in 1925 in Paris, France. He is a French writer and poet, best known for his works on the French Resistance during World War II. He is also a member of the Académie Goncourt. Cau was born into a Jewish family and was educated at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris. He joined the French Resistance during World War II and was arrested in 1944. After the war, he studied at the Sorbonne and became a journalist. In the 1950s, Cau began writing novels and poetry. His first novel, Les Mains Sales (The Dirty Hands), was published in 1954 and was a success. He went on to write several more novels, including La Nuit des Temps (The Night of Time) and Le Diable au Corps (The Devil in the Flesh). Cau has also written several plays, including La Nuit des Rois (The Night of Kings) and La Nuit des Fous (The Night of Fools). He has also written several books of poetry, including Les Chants de la Nuit (The Songs of the Night). Cau was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1965 for his novel La Nuit des Temps. He was also awarded the Grand Prix de Littérature de l'Académie Française in 1975. Cau is currently 98 years old.

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1970

From the 1970s onwards he grew close to GRECE and his writings became infused with a sun-worshipping neopaganism. Jacques Marlaud dedicated an entire chapter to Cau in his study on contemporary literary and philosophical paganism.

1961

Born in Bram, Aude, he was secretary to Jean-Paul Sartre, after which he was a journalist and reporter for L'Express, Figaro, and Paris Match. In 1961, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt for The Mercy of God.

1925

Jean Cau (8 July 1925, in Bram, Aude - 18 June 1993) was a French writer and journalist.