Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for his novel À la recherche du temps perdu, which was published in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century.
Background
- Born in
- 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Educated at
- University of ParisÉcole Libre des Sciences Politiques
- Awards
- 🏆 Prix Goncourt🏆 Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century🏆 Knight of the Legion of Honour
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"If at least, time enough were alloted to me to accomplish my work, I would not fail to mark it with the seal of Time, the idea of which imposed itself upon me with so much force to-day, and I would th…"
"A man is not more entitled to be "received in good society," or at least to wish to be, because he is more intelligent and cultivated. This is one of those sophisms that the vanity of intelligent peop…"
"I shall not find a painting more beautiful because the artist has painted a hawthorn in the foreground, though I know of nothing more beautiful than the hawthorn, for I wish to remain sincere and beca…"
"A sort of egotistical self-evaluation is unavoidable in those joys in which erudition and art mingle and in which aesthetic pleasure may become more acute, but not remain as pure."
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Timeline
1871
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Birth1922
Died
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