Anatole France
Anatole France
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1921
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Name: Anatole France (pen-name of Jacques Anatole Thibault)
Birth: 16 April 1844, Paris, France
Death: 12 October 1924, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France
Residence at the time of the award: France
Prize motivation: “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”
Field: Prose
Language: French
Novelist, storyteller; almost all genres. Nobility of style, profound human sympathy, true Gallic temperament. Historical fiction evokes past civilizations with great charm, deep insight.
Post-World War I. At Nobel ceremony Frenchman France turned to Nobelist, German Nernst, exchanged a long and cordial handshake with him – a profoundly symbolic gesture.
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Anatole France Contemporary men of letters series
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
McClure, 1908
127 pages
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
McClure, 1908
127 pages
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The Opinions of Anatole Fance
Anatole France
Paul Gsell
Knopf, 1922
The New York Public Library
July 10, 2007
246 pages
Anatole France
Paul Gsell
Knopf, 1922
The New York Public Library
July 10, 2007
246 pages