Marcel Proust
10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922
Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time. His exploration of memory and time made him one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century.
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Life events
Marcel Proust was born in the Auteuil district of Paris to a prominent physician and his wife.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe experienced the first of the severe asthma attacks that would affect his health for the rest of his life.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe studied law and philosophy while moving in Parisian literary and social circles.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis first book, a collection of stories and essays, appeared with a preface by Anatole France.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter his mother's death he increasingly withdrew from society to devote himself to his great novel.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe first volume of In Search of Lost Time was published at his own expense.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe second volume, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, was awarded France's leading literary prize.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarcel Proust died of pneumonia in Paris, leaving the final volumes of his novel to be published posthumously.
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