Roger Martin du Gard

Roger Martin du Gard

Country

France

Birth - Death

1881 - 1958

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

Nobel Prize

Description

Nobel Prize in literature, 1937. Novels meld the history and the destiny of the individual. His first book was 'Jean Barois' (1913), but he is best known for The Thibaults, a monumental picture of the world before the outbreak of the WWI published in twelve volumes between 1922 and 1940.

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1937/gard/facts/
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-Martin-du-Gard
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctvv414j9
• https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003070900-312/martin-du-gard-roger-christopher-robinson

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