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A Short Biography of Anatole France

Author Name:

Anatole France

Born As:

Pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault

Other Names:

Anatole France

Born:

16 Apr 1844

Died:

12 Oct 1924




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Novelist, poet and journalist                          
Selected Works:

Les Légions de Varus - poem published in 1867 in the Gazette rimée.
Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard - The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard - 1881
The Amethyst Ring
Thaïs - 1890
Le Jongleur de Notre Dame - 1892
La Rotisserie de la Reine Pedauque - At the Sign of the Web-Footed Queen - 1892
Les Opinions de Jerome Coignard - 1893
Le Lys Rouge - The Red Lily - 1894
Epicure's Garden - 1895
L'Humaine Tragedie - The Human Tragedy
Crainquebille; Putois; Riquet; et Plusieurs Autres Recits Profitables
Les Sept Femmes de la Barbe-Bleue et Autres Contes Merveilleux - The Seven Wives of Bluebeard and Other Marvelous Stories
Monsieur Bergeret á Paris - 1901
Le Procurateur de Judée - The Procurator of Judaea - 1902
Sur la Pierre Blanche - 1905
The Man Who Married A Dumb Wife
L'Île des Pingouins - Penguin Island - 1908
The Life of Joan of Arc - 1908
Mother of Pearl
Les Dieux Ont Soif - The Gods Are Thirsty - 1912
La Revolte des Anges - The Revolt of the Angels - 1914.                          
His father's bookstore was called the Librairie de France and from this name Jacques Anatole François Thibault took his nom-de plume. Anatole France studied at the Collège Stanislaus and after graduation he helped his father by working at his bookstore.                          
Won the Nobel Prize in Literature - 1921

Member of the Académie française.