Jean Tharaud (9 May 1877 – 8 April 1952) was a French writer.

Jean Tharaud in 1932

Tharaud was born in Saint-Junien, Haute-Vienne. As a young man, he had been secretary to Maurice Barrès.[1] He wrote books with his brother, Jérôme Tharaud, for over 50 years. In 1906, they won the Prix Goncourt for Dingley, l'illustre écrivain.[1]

He was the eighteenth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1946. His brother, Jérôme, had been seated at chair 31 in 1938.

He died in Paris in 1952.

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  • "Jean Tharaud (1877-1952)" (in French). Académie française. 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
  1. ^ a b "End of a Literary Partnership". The Guardian. 10 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 6 August 2019. – via newspapers.com (subscription required)
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