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Roger Martin du Gard (French: [dy gaʁ]; 23 March 1881 – 22 August 1958) was a French novelist, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 22 August 1958 (aged 77), Sérigny, Orne
- The Thibaults
Mar 26, 2024 · Roger Martin du Gard (born March 23, 1881, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France—died Aug. 22, 1958, Bellême) was a French author and winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature. Trained as a paleographer and archivist, Martin du Gard brought to his works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous regard for details.
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Learn about the life and works of the French novelist who won the Nobel Prize for his epic series Les Thibault. Find out how he combined realism, scholarship, and humanism in his portrayal of the world before and during the First World War.
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Roger Martin du Gard est un écrivain, romancier, dramaturge, novelliste, diariste et épistolier français né le 23 mars 1881 à Neuilly-sur-Seine Note 1 et mort le 22 août 1958 au château du Tertre, à Sérigny ( Orne ). Il est lauréat du prix Nobel de littérature de 1937.
Roger Martin du Gard’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1937. (Translation) The presence of so many illustrious persons assembled under the patronage of His Highness, the Crown Prince, heightens the emotions that I feel at finding myself here and hearing the words of praise that have just been addressed to me.
May 29, 2018 · Martin du Gard, Roger (1881–1958) French novelist. His major works, such as Jean Barois (1913) and the eight-novel series Les Thibault (1922–40), are treatments of moral and intellectual preoccupations. He received the 1937 Nobel Prize in literature.
When he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1937, Roger Martin du Gard had achieved fame as the author of and the series of family novels entitled . His was published in 1955, three years before his death, with a Preface by Albert Camus.
