Anatole France

Anatole France (French: [anatɔl fʁɑ̃s]; born François-Anatole Thibault, [frɑ̃swa anatɔl tibo]; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament".

France is also widely believed to be the model for narrator Marcel's literary idol Bergotte in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.

Early years

The son of a bookseller, France spent most of his life around books. France was a bibliophile. His father's bookstore, called the Librairie France, specialized in books and papers on the French Revolution and was frequented by many notable writers and scholars of the day. Anatole France studied at the Collège Stanislas, a private Catholic school, and after graduation he helped his father by working in his bookstore. After several years he secured the position of cataloguer at Bacheline-Deflorenne and at Lemerre. In 1876 he was appointed librarian for the French Senate.

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Thought for the day, April 16, 2019

LA Daily News 16 Apr 2019

Anatole France (Photo by Wilhelm Benque/New York Public Library Archives) Anatole France, French journalist, novelist and poet ... April 16, 1844-Oct. 12, 1924 Related Articles ... ....

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Williston Herald 16 Apr 2019

— Anatole France, “The Garden of Epicurus”. ....

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Notre Dame fire: Macron promises to rebuild, but Paris monument suffers 'colossal damage'

The Keene Sentinel 16 Apr 2019

Pope Francis issued a statement late on Monday expressing the Vatican's "shock and sadness" at "the news of the terrible fire that devastated the Cathedral of Notre Dame, a symbol of Christianity in France and in the world." ... The writer Anatole France once described it as "heavy as a hippopotamus" but "light as a butterfly."...

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Today in History, 16/4

This is Money 15 Apr 2019

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Celebrating a century of theater in Santa Fe

Albuquerque Journal 07 Apr 2019

It was 1919. World War I, “the war to end all wars,” had recently ended. Women were still a year away from gaining the right to vote. Prohibition was right around the corner, and the country was mourning the death of former President Theodore Roosevelt ... Playwright Anatole France’s work is about a man who marries a woman who is mute ... ....

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Messenger-Inquirer 06 Apr 2019

Today is Friday, April 6, the 96th day of 2018. There are 269 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY. On April 6, 1968, 41 people were killed by two consecutive natural gas explosions at a sporting goods store in downtown Richmond, Indiana. ON THIS DATE. ... Peary and Matthew A ... Joseph R ... -- Anatole France, French author and critic (1844-1924). ....

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Redlands Daily Facts 22 Mar 2019

By Nancy McGee. “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” — Anatole France. The A.K. Smiley Public Library has a variety of books to choose from for more understanding of the animals we love and share our world with, as well as some insight into the humans they share their world with ... Sound ... “Dr ... of ... ....

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Ghosts of the Dreyfus Affair Haunt Europe

Yated Ne'eman 06 Mar 2019

Prime Minister Philippe and President Macron denounced the escalation of anti-Semitism in France and promised a severe crackdown against perpetrators ... At his funeral, fellow writer Anatole France, referring to the novelist’s courageous involvement in the Dreyfus Case, proclaimed that Zola had been “an historic moment in the conscience of Man.” ....

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Theodor Herzl, from integration to segregation

Deseret News 01 Mar 2019

Prominent figures such as the great stage actress Sarah Bernhardt, the poet Anatole France, the mathematician Henri Poincare, and, most spectacularly, the novelist Emile Zola (whose vocal outrage brought the government's wrath down upon him, forcing him into hasty English exile), denounced the blatant anti-Semitism of the case....

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William Hamblin and Daniel Peterson: Theodor Herzl, from integration to segregation

Deseret News 01 Mar 2019

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'Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!' Utah Opera announces its 2019-20 season (and yes, the 'Barber' is coming)

Deseret News 28 Feb 2019

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Opera knows how to keep things interesting ... Sponsored by the George S ... Now over 100 years old, this French opera is based on Anatole France's novel of the same name and tells the story of the Egyptian courtesan Thaïs and the Christian monk who attempts to convert her ... ....

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Politics Getting Worse?

CounterPunch 04 Feb 2019

After all, representative democracy was founded on the alleged rule of law over the rule of men, but those who wrote the law were anything but disinterested players—a fact reflected in Anatole France’s jibe that ‘the majestic equality before the law forbids rich and poor alike ......

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