Prix Goncourt
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (1919) Winner
Marcel Proust
マルセル・プリュスト
Maruseru Puryusuto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1871-07-10 （Auteuil, Paris）
- Died
- 1922-11-18 （Paris） age 51
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French, English
- Religion
- Catholic Baptized in 1871
- Residence History
- Paris → Illiers
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Literary critic, Essayist
- Active Years
- 1890-1922
- Influenced By
- John Ruskin, Honoré de Balzac, Gustave Flaubert
- Influenced
- Samuel Beckett, Walter Benjamin
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lycée Condorcet | — | Literature | — | 1882頃 | France |
Lycée Condorcet
Literature
Period:
1882頃
Country:
France
Education disrupted by asthma
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Prix Goncourt | In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower | — | Académie Goncourt | 受賞 |
Prix Goncourt
1919
Work:
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
In Search of Lost Time
1913 Novel 3200 pagesA seven-volume novel exploring memory, art, love, high society, and human experience
MemoryTimeLoveHomosexualityArt
Adaptations
- [Film] Time Regained / Raúl Ruiz (1999)
- [Film] Swann in Love / Volker Schlöndorff (1984)
Translations
- C.K. Scott Moncrieff translation
Bibliography
- In Search of Lost Time (7 volumes)
- Les plaisirs et les jours
- Jean Santeuil
Translations by Author
- Translation of Ruskin's The Bible of Amiens
- Translation of Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies
Translations of Works
- Numerous English translations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Stream of consciousnessLong sentencesDetailed psychological portrayal
- Recurring Motifs
- Involuntary memoryMadeleineHigh society
Health
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Asthma9歳から生涯Severely disrupted education and life, confined to bedroom in later years
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Pneumonia1922Cause of death
Legacy
One of the most influential authors of the 20th century, pioneer of modernist literature
Archives
- Kolb-Proust Archive at University of Illinois
In Popular Culture
- Proust Questionnaire
Quotes
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The highest praise of God consists in the denial of him by the atheist who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a creator
Source: Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999)
Trivia
- Known to be homosexual, reflected in works
- Died before completing final revisions, edited by brother Robert