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Anatole France
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16 April 1844 - 12 October 1924
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(16.4.1844, Paris, - 12.10.1924, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire). Born in Paris. His father was a bookseller, and the boy from early childhood joined the literature. Graduated from Stanislaus College. He worked in the library of the French Senate. In 1877 he married Valerie Guerin de Sauville. This marriage was dissolved in 1893. The reason for the divorce was France's long-term relationship with Madame Armand de Cayave. The first collection of stories of the writer was published in 1879. In 1896, Anatole
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(16.4.1844, Paris, - 12.10.1924, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire). Born in Paris. His father was a bookseller, and the boy from early childhood joined the literature.
Graduated from Stanislaus College. He worked in the library of the French Senate. In 1877 he married Valerie Guerin de Sauville. This marriage was dissolved in 1893. The reason for the divorce was France's long-term relationship with Madame Armand de Cayave.
The first collection of stories of the writer was published in 1879. In 1896, Anatole France was elected to the Academy. Among the works of Frans, the most famous are the novels “The Crime of Sylvester Bonnard” (1881), “The Judgments of Mr. Jerome Quaignard” (1893), “The Island of Penguins” (1908), “Gods Are Thirsting” (1912), “The Rise of Angels” (1914).
In 1920, his books were listed as banned by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He supported the Communist Party. He participated in a protest campaign over the Dreyfus case.
Until her death in 1910, Anatole France presided over her literary salon. 10 years later he married Emma Leprevott, his housekeeper.
He died at his home, in the vicinity of Tours, on October 12, 1924, at the age of 80.