Jean Tharaud [SEP] date of death
Jean Tharaud
Jean Tharaud (9 May 1877 – 8 April 1952) was a French writer.
Tharaud was born in Saint-Junien, Haute-Vienne.
He was the eighteenth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1946. His brother, Jérôme Tharaud, was earlier seated at chair 31 in 1938.
He died in Paris in 1952.
Health and Minister of Education, he replaced Cristea as Premier upon his death, being considered the "man of steel" able to prevent the Iron Guard's political rise and to keep Romania out of the pro-German war camp (the nickname "The Man of Steel" probably originated, under the form "l'homme d'acier", in essays written by the French journalists Jérôme and Jean Tharaud on Romanian topics). However, he had been Prime Minister in all but name since February, when he was granted extensive powers