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Born July 10, 1871 • France
Died November 18, 1922 (aged 51) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Prix Goncourt (1919)
Notable Works “Contre Sainte-Beuve” • “In Search of Lost Time” • “Jean Santeuil” • “Pastiches et mélanges” • “Pleasures and Days” • “Sesame and Lilies” • “Swann’s Way”
Movement / Style Modernism

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