ANATOLE FRANCE.

A biography of Jacques Anatole François Thibault, the fourth Frenchman to receive the Noble Prize in Literature, is presented. He was born on April 16, 1844 in Paris and studied at the Collège stanislas where he received a classical education. He relied on his own efforts to build a foundation for h...

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Publicado en:Giants in Their Field: An Introduction to the Nobel Prizes in Literature pp. 275 - 278
Autor principal: Gunther, Ralph
Formato: Biography
Publicado: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1993
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Sumario:A biography of Jacques Anatole François Thibault, the fourth Frenchman to receive the Noble Prize in Literature, is presented. He was born on April 16, 1844 in Paris and studied at the Collège stanislas where he received a classical education. He relied on his own efforts to build a foundation for his future literary work. He used the pseudonym Anatole France where he became famous of his novels "Penguin Island," and "The Gods Are Athirst."