ROGER MARTIN DU GARD.

A biography of Roger Martin du Gard, the sixth man of letters from France to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, is presented. He was born on March 23, 1881 in Paris from a family of lawyers and magistrates. He studied at Lycée Condorcet where his reading talent expanded, entered his secondary...

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Publicado en:Giants in Their Field: An Introduction to the Nobel Prizes in Literature pp. 320 - 323
Autor principal: Gunther, Ralph
Formato: Biography
Publicado: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1993
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Sumario:A biography of Roger Martin du Gard, the sixth man of letters from France to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, is presented. He was born on March 23, 1881 in Paris from a family of lawyers and magistrates. He studied at Lycée Condorcet where his reading talent expanded, entered his secondary education in Lycee Janson-de-Sailly and enrolled in Ecole Nationale des Chartes. His achievements and fame for finishing "The Thibaults," an eight-volume family chronicle are also explored.