Georges Lecomte

Profile Overview of Georges Lecomte

Georges Lecomte (9 July 1867 – 27 August 1958) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote literary, historical and artistic studies.

Lecomte was born in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire. In 1924 he was elected to the Académie française, of which he became perpetual secretary in 1946. He was also director of the École Estienne. In August 1958, at the age of 91, He died at his home at 82 Rue du Ranelagh in the 16th arrondissement in Paris.

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