Editing Maurice Barrès (section)

{{Short description|French novelist and essayist (1862–1923)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name          = Maurice Barrès
| image         = Maurice Barrès.jpg
| caption       = Barrès in 1923
| birth_name    = Auguste-Maurice Barrès
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1862|8|19|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Charmes, Vosges]], [[Second French Empire|France]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1923|12|4|1862|8|19|df=y}}
| death_place   = [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], [[Seine (department)|Seine]], [[French Third Republic|France]]
| resting_place = Charmes, Vosges
| occupation    = {{hlist|Journalist|novelist|politician}}
| genre         =
| movement      = {{unbulleted list |[[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]] |[[French nationalism|Nationalism]]}}
| influences    =
}}

'''Auguste-Maurice Barrès''' ({{IPA|fr|oɡyst mɔʁis baʁɛs|lang}}; 19 August 1862 – 4 December 1923) was a French novelist, journalist, philosopher, and politician. Spending some time in Italy, he became a figure in [[French literature]] with the release of his work ''[[The Cult of the Self]]'' in 1888. He was elected a member of the [[Académie Française]] in 1906.

In politics, Barrès was first elected to the [[Chamber of Deputies (France)|Chamber of Deputies]] in 1889 as a [[Georges Boulanger|Boulangist]] and would play a prominent political role for the rest of his life. He presided over the [[Ligue des Patriotes]] from 1914 until his death in 1923.