Maurice Vaussard (8 September 1888 – 24 February 1978) was a 20th-century French writer and essayist.
Author of numerous historical and political essays, a specialist in Italian history and the Christian Democrats, Maurice Vaussard was editor at the (of Jacques Bainville and Henri Massis) and at Le Monde from 1945 to 1972. He was awarded numerous prizes by the Académie française.
Prizes 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 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.
External links Nouvelles perspectives après l’ouverture à gauche on Le Monde diplomatique Maurice Vaussard, Histoire de l'Italie contemporaine (1870–1946) on Persée Maurice Vaussard on the site of the Académie française