1869 - 1951
André Gide French Writer
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André Gide was in a relationship with Marc Allégret.
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French Writer André Gide was born Paul Guillaume André Gide on 22nd November, 1869 in Paris, France and passed away on 19th Feb 1951 Paris, France aged 81. He is most remembered for L'Immoraliste (The Immoralist); La Porte Étroite) (Strait Is the Gate); Les Caves du Vatican (The Vatican Cellars); La Symphonie Pastorale (The Pastoral Symphony); Les Faux-Monnayeurs (The Counterfeiters). His zodiac sign is Scorpio.
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| First Name |
André
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| Last Name |
Gide
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| Full Name at Birth |
Paul Guillaume André Gide
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| Alternative Name |
André Gide
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| Birthday |
22nd November, 1869
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| Birthplace |
Paris, France
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| Died |
19th February, 1951
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| Place of Death |
Paris, France
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| Buried |
Cimetière de Cuverville, Cuverville, Seine-Maritime
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Sexuality |
Gay
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| Nationality |
French
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| Occupation Text |
Novelist, essayist, dramatist
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| Occupation |
Writer
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| Claim to Fame |
L'Immoraliste (The Immoralist); La Porte Étroite) (Strait Is the Gate); Les Caves du Vatican (The Vatican Cellars); La Symphonie Pastorale (The Pastoral Symphony); Les Faux-Monnayeurs (The Counterfeiters)
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André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French writer and author whose writing spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars. The author of more than 50 books, he was described in his New York Times obituary as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters" and "judged the greatest French writer of this century by the literary cognoscenti."