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Anatole France
French author and journalist (1844–1924) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the metro station, see Anatole France (Paris Métro).
Anatole France (French: [anatɔl fʁɑ̃s]; born François-Anatole Thibault, [frɑ̃swa anatɔl tibo]; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters.[1] He was a member of the Académie Française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament".[2]
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Born | François-Anatole Thibault (1844-04-16)16 April 1844 Paris, France |
Died | 12 October 1924(1924-10-12) (aged 80) Tours, France |
Occupation | Novelist |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1921 |
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France is also widely believed to be the model for narrator Marcel's literary idol Bergotte in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.[3]