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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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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Picturing the human-animal bond

Telluride Daily Planet 31 Jan 2019

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened” — Anatole France ... ....

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Fascinating similarity between the literary beginnings of Edna O'Brien and France's Colette

Belfast Telegraph 28 Jan 2019

And the stories of two eminent writers, Colette, the French novelist and essayist, and Edna O'Brien, could be an illumination of women's triumph over male partners ... Her first husband, Willy, who had known Proust, Maurras, and Anatole France as literary colleagues, died poor, obscure, embittered and forgotten ... He told her ... Irish writer Edna O'Brien ... ....

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Mary Kenny: Parallel lives? The fascinating similarity between the literary beginnings of France's Colette and our Edna O'Brien

Irish Independent 26 Jan 2019

Parallel lives? The fascinating similarity between the literary beginnings of France's Colette and our Edna O'Brien ... Her first husband, Willy, who had known Proust, Maurras, and Anatole France as literary colleagues, died poor, obscure, embittered and forgotten....

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Close to Home: Finding joy with a four-footed companion

The Press Democrat 02 Jan 2019

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” — Anatole France, French Nobel Prize winner Searching for a dog, I ... ....

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The de-promotion drive

The Hindu 29 Dec 2018

What is self-deprecation, one might wonder ... It could be either, or perhaps a mix of both. A lot hinges on how much time one has to dwell upon this mostly unnecessary contemplation ... Such morally pompous ladies and gents may be refuted by this pithy quote from Anatole France, “without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom”....

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My View: Lessons in living from a sassy feline

The Buffalo News 14 Dec 2018

By Brenda Alesii. Mulva Dolores. If you’re a “Seinfeld” fan, you’re probably chuckling as you recall the episode in which Jerry could not remember his girlfriend’s name ... Brenda Alesii ... comfortably seated with her right paw always extended ... While the pain of the loss still washes over me in waves, I am reminded of a favorite quote by Anatole France ... ....

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Rossmann: Got books? And the time to read them?

Auburnpub dot com 03 Dec 2018

Books keep coming; there is no end of them, but this is not new. A century ago, the writer Anatole France imagined a reader in his study being crushed under an avalanche of the books piled up on the walls around him ... The NYRB publishes 20 times a year; LRB publishes 24 ... Great Britain is a foreign country, more mysterious in some ways than France ... Also....

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Horses can play a role in human healing; Medical Lake counselor touts benefits

The Spokesman-Review 29 Nov 2018

French novelist Anatole France once said, “until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”. Whether it’s a dog, a potbellied pig or a horse, it’s no secret animals can help people feel better ... After years of working as a counselor, coach and mediator, Lybecker opened Healing With Horses Sanctuary in 2012....

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The heartache of losing that "once-in-a-lifetime" dog

Courier Express 28 Nov 2018

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”. — Anatole France. I really don’t enjoy writing columns. I’m a private person by nature and the reporter in me is used to writing about other people and telling their stories. But this is one column I feel compelled to write ... Waiting, it seemed, would be selfish on our part ... .......

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Megan McArdle: Populists on the left and right might want to think twice about cheering on the norms-busters

The Spokesman-Review 16 Nov 2018

“The law in its majestic equality,” wrote Anatole France, “forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”. The pungent epigram describes a condition besetting all societies. Rules that appear to be fair are never quite so just when applied to incorrigibly diverse human beings ... “Yet.” ... ....

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5 Places You Must Visit in Paris, France

Rooster GNN 14 Nov 2018

1, Avenue du Colonel Henri Rol-Tanguy, 75014 Paris, France 2 ... River Seine between Institut de France and Palais du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France 3 ... Place d’Armes, 78000 Versailles, France 4 ... Art is the pride of France, and Paris is at the heart of it ... Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France 5 ... Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France....

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Abortion film challenges our values

The Providence Journal 28 Oct 2018

In 1893, French poet Anatole France famously summarized the history of mankind with just seven words. They were born, they suffered, they died.On Oct. 12, a motion picture dedicated to a particular brand of human suffering quietly made history. The film “Gosnell ... [...] ... ....