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Anatole France

16 April 1844 - 12 October 1924

Anatole France was born François-Anatole Thibault in Paris, the son of a bookseller. His father's bookstore, 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 and went to work with his father after his graduation. After several years he became a cataloguer at Bacheline-Deflorenne and at Lemerre. He began his career as a poet and a journalist. In 1876 he was appointed a librarian for the French Senate. He became famous with the novel Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), which won a prize from the French Academy. He was elected to the Académie française in 1896. In the 1920s, his writings were put on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Prohibited Books Index) of the Roman Catholic Church. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921.

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Subjects
Accessible book, Fiction, In library, Protected DAISY, Social life and customs, French literature, Classic Literature, History, History and criticism, OverDrive, Book collectors, Children, Christian women saints, French fiction, Readers, Translations into English, Book collectors in fiction, Children's stories, French, Christian women saints in fiction, Conto Frances, Egypt in fiction, France in fiction, French Political satire, French language, French language materials
Places
France, Egypt, Ancient Alexandria
People
Mary of Egypt, Saint, (Title Character) a Dancer, Actress, Alfred de Vigny (1797-1863), Anatole France (1844-1924), Ernest Renan (1823-1892), Francis Brown Barton (1886-), Joan of Arc, Saint (1412-1431), Later a Saint; Paphnutius, Thais, a Saint(Thebaid - look it up); later a Sinner, and Sinner, other Characters
Time
Revolution, 1789-1799, Ancient Alexandria, Egypt about 200 A. D.

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Alternative names

  • Anatole, France
  • France Anatole
  • Anatole FRANCE
  • ANATOLE FRANCE
  • France, Anatole
  • Anatole A. France
  • France, Anatole 1844-1924
  • Anatole France; Mrs
  • Anatole France; With Illustrations By Malcolm Cameron
  • Anatole France; Illustrated By Frank C. Pape
  • Anatole France; Translator Alfred Allinson; Introduction Andre Maurois
  • Anatole France; Introduction Jacques Leclercq; Illustrator Bernard Lam
  • Anatole France; Illus). Frank C (Pape
  • Anatole France; Translated By Wilfrid Jackson Illustrations By Frank C.
  • Anatole France; Translated By A.W. Evans Illustrations By Frank C. Pape
  • Anatole France; Translated By Frederic Chapman Illustrations By Frank C.
  • Anatole France; Translated By Robert B. Douglas Illustrations By Frank C
  • Anatole France, Translated by Robert B. Douglas

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March 31, 2017 Edited by Clean Up Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
February 9, 2012 Edited by Anonymous Added new photo
June 5, 2011 Edited by Budelberger merge authors
November 21, 2010 Edited by Alan Millar merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import