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André Castelot
AuthorBooks · Second hand1911-2004
André Castelot, born André Storms, was a French writer and scriptwriter born in Belgium. He was the son of the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas and Gabrielle Storms-Castelot, and the brother of the film actor Jacques Castelot. He wrote more than one hundred books, mostly biographies of famous people.
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About André Castelot
Birth
1911
Death
2004
André Castelot, born André Storms, was a French writer and scriptwriter born in Belgium. He was the son of the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas and Gabrielle Storms-Castelot, and the brother of the film actor Jacques Castelot. He wrote more than one hundred books, mostly biographies of famous people.
André Castelot was born in Antwerp in 1911 and built a prolific career as a historian and biographer in France.
His body of work includes 78 books, establishing him as a benchmark in the biographical genre.
He specialized in French history, gaining particular recognition for his studies on Napoleon I.
Beyond his work as a historian, he was also a journalist, writer, and screenwriter.
His book La Duchesse de Berry is considered one of his most representative works.
