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Jean Tharaud (9 May 1877 – 8 April 1952) was a French writer.

Tharaud was born in Saint-Junien, Haute-Vienne. As a young man, he had been secretary to Maurice Barrès. He wrote books with his brother, Jérôme Tharaud, for over 50 years. In 1906, they won the Prix Goncourt for Dingley, l'illustre écrivain.

He was the eighteenth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1946. His brother, Jérôme, had been seated at chair 31 in 1938.

He died in Paris in 1952.

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