About
Anatole France, born François-Anatole Thibault in Paris in 1844, was a French writer. He began as a Parnassian poet before achieving success with his novel Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard. While working as a librarian at the Senate, he devoted himself to writing, producing major works such as Thaïs and L'Histoire contemporaine. Elected to the Académie française in 1896, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921 for his complete body of work. He died in 1924 in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire.
Major works
- Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)novel
- Thaïs (1890)novel
- La Rôtisserie de la reine Pédauque (1893)novel
- Le Lys rouge (1894)novel
- L'Histoire contemporaine (1897-1901)novel cycle
Key milestones
- 1896Elected to the Académie française, seat 38
- 1921Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1876-1890Worked as a librarian at the Senate
Themes
ironyskepticismsocial criticismhistoryhumanism
Sources: nobelprize.org · academie-francaise.fr · searcharchives.bl.uk