Anatole France: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Jacques-Anatole-François Thibault
Born	April 16, 1844 • Paris • France
Died	October 12, 1924 (aged 80) • France
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1921)
Notable Works	“Crainquebille” • “Monsieur Bergeret in Paris” • “Penguin Island” • “The Gods Are Athirst”

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Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

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Roger Martin du Gard

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François Mauriac

François Mauriac

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Samuel Beckett, 1965

Samuel Beckett

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Annie Ernaux

Annie Ernaux

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Marmontel, detail of an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 1765, after a portrait by C.N. Cochin

Jean-François Marmontel

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French write and Nobel laureate André Gide

André Gide

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Romain Rolland

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Patrick Modiano

Patrick Modiano

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Claude Simon

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Sully Prudhomme.

Sully Prudhomme

French poet

Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.

Voltaire

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Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

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Marguerite Yourcenar

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Georges Duhamel

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Marcel Arland

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Hervieu, Paul

Paul Hervieu

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William Faulkner

William Faulkner

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John Steinbeck

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