Anatole France
1844 – 1924 · aged 80
French writer (1844–1924)
- Born
- 16 Apr 1844 · Paris
- Died
- 12 Oct 1924
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- 16 Apr 1844BornBorn in Paris
- 1882AwardMontyon Prize
- 1884AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
- 1889AwardVitet Prize
- 1895AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
- 1896 – 1924RoleMember of the Académie française
- 1921AwardNobel Prize in Literature
- 12 Oct 1924DiedDied
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1844 – 1924).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
Biography
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. Several of his books were best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. 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".
France is also widely believed to be the model for Bergotte, the literary idol of the narrator Marcel in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.
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