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France, Anatole
French writer. His works are marked by wit, urbanity, and style. His earliest novel was Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard/The Crime of Sylvester Bonnard (1881); later books include the satiric L'Ile des pingouins/Penguin Island (1908). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921.
His other books include the autobiographical series beginning with Le Livre de mon ami/My Friend's Book (1885), Thaïs (1890), Crainquebille (1905), and Les Dieux ont soif/The Gods Are Athirst (1912). He was a socialist and a supporter of the wrongfully accused officer Alfred Dreyfus.
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