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Maurice Edmond Sailland (October 12, 1872,
Maurice Edmond Sailland (October 12, 1872, Angers
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, France
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– July 22, 1956, Paris
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), better known by his pen-name Curnonsky (nicknamed 'Cur'), and dubbed the Prince of Gastronomy, was one of the most celebrated writers on gastronomy
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in France in the 20th century. He wrote or ghost-wrote many books in diverse genres and many newspaper columns. He is often considered the inventor of gastronomic motor-tourism
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as popularized by Michelin
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, though he himself could not drive. He was a student of Henri-Paul Pellaprat
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Biography
Maurice Edmond Sailland was born in Angers (Maine-et-Loire) on October 12, 1872 to Edmond-Georges Sailland and his wife Blanche-Alphonsine Mazeran. His mother died within of month of his birth, and his father abandoned him. He was raised by his grandmother in Angers and attended the Collège Saint-Maurille in town. At the age of 18, he move