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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Have fun with innovation and change

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QUOTES

The Newberry News 23 May 2018

An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don’t. Anatole France The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James ... ....

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Bernard Lewis: 100 Years in the Making

Cleveland Jewish News 22 May 2018

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Home Again: Dream a little dream...

Olean Times Herald 21 May 2018

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Today in History, April 29

This is Money 28 Apr 2018

HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE. 1429 - Joan of Arc enters Orleans, France, and defeats the English. 1587 - English admiral Sir Francis Drake enters Cadiz harbour and sinks the Spanish fleet, an action he referred to "as singeing the king of Spain's beard" ... 1998 - Brazil announces an unprecedented plan to protect an area of Amazon forest half the size of France ... 2015 ... - Anatole France, French author and critic (1844-1924) ... ....

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Thought for the Day, April 16, 2018

LA Daily News 16 Apr 2018

Anatole France (Photo by Wilhelm Benque/New York Public Library’s Digital Library). Anatole France, French journalist, novelist and poet. “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” (from “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard,” 1881). April 16, 1844-Oct. 12, 1924 ... ....

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Reporters' Notebook: April 16, 2018

The Buffalo News 16 Apr 2018

OLAF FUB SEZ. According to French novelist Anatole France, born on this date in 1844, “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”. . HUNGRY? – The kitchen is serving beef on weck sandwiches and 65-cent wings from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m. this evening in South Buffalo Post 721, American Legion, at 136 Cazenovia St. Wings are eat-in only. For more info, call 825-9557. . ... Admission is free ... . ... . ... . ... Admission is free ... ....

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Today in History, April 16

This is Money 15 Apr 2018

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Today in History

Rocky Mount Telegram 07 Apr 2018

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Today in History April 6

Observer-Reporter 06 Apr 2018

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