1869-1951. French novelist, born in Paris.
His work is largely autobiographical and
concerned with the dual themes of
self-fulfilment and renunciation. It includes
L'Immoraliste/The Immoralist 1902, La Porte
etroite/Strait Is the Gate 1909, Les Caves du
Vatican/The Vatican Cellars 1914, and Les
Faux-monnayeurs/The Counterfeiters 1926; and
an almost lifelong Journal. Nobel Prize for
Literature 1947.