Anatole France

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.

Notable works: Thaïs, The Gods Are Athirst, The Red Lily Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Montyon Prize, Vitet Prize, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century Education: Collège Stanislas de Paris

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