Roger Martin du Gard

Roger Martin du Gard (born March 23, 1881, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France—died Aug. 22, 1958, Bellême) was a French author and winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature. Trained as a paleographer and archivist, Martin du Gard brought to his works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous regard for details. For his concern with documentation and with the relationship of social reality to individual development, he has been linked with the realist and naturalist traditions...