Maurice Genevoix was born on October 29, 1890 in Decize, Nièvre, France as Charles Louis Maurice Genevoix. He was a writer, known for Vaincre à Olympie (1977), Ceux de 14 (2014) and La loire, Agnès et les garçons (2000). He died on September 8, 1980 in Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain.