Matéo Maximoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Matéo Maximoff

French writer

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1917

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1999

Profession: writer

Nationality: Spain, France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Matéo Maximoff (January 17, 1917 – November 24, 1999) was a French writer and Evangelical pastor of Romani ethnicity.
His eleven books have been translated into fourteen languages.
Born in Spain, he had parents who had migrated from Russia and France.
His family sought shelter in France with relatives during the Spanish Civil War.
After the outbreak of World War II, they were arrested as foreign nationals and interned for years, along with many other foreign refugees.
He settled in France after the war and made his literary career there.