André Gide

André Gide
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1400-1600
1600-1800
1800+
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a French author whose career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars.
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in literature (1947)
"for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight"
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Born
André Paul Guillaume Gide 22 November 1869 Paris, France
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Died
19 February 1951 (aged 81) Paris, France
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Occupation
Novelist, essayist, dramatist
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adultbasic
France
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Children
Catherine Gide
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Education
Lycée Henri-IV
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era
1800+
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Notable awards
Nobel Prize in Literature 1947
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Notable works
L'immoraliste ( The Immoralist ) La porte étroite ( Strait Is the Gate ) Les caves du Vatican ( The Vatican Cellars ; sometimes published in English under the title Lafcadio's Adventures ) La Symphonie
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Resting place
Cimetière de Cuverville, Cuverville, Seine-Maritime
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Spouse
Madeleine Rondeaux Gide

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