Anatole France

French writer (1844–1924)

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Lived 1844–1924, aged 80France

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1844–1924
Aged 80

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Updated 2026-05-29

French novelist and poet who dominated early 20th-century literary circles with sharp wit and skepticism. Won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature and embodied the era's ideal man of letters.

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Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and 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".

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