Georges Duhamel
French writer (1884-1966) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 81
Georges Duhamel was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published Confession de minuit, the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin. In 1935, he was elected as a member of the Académie française.
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He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-seven times. He was also the father of the musicologist and composer Antoine Duhamel.
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André MalrauxBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Valery LarbaudBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
François MauriacBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Maurice BarrèsBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
André GideBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century
Georges BernanosBoth received Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century