Anatole France
Anatole France (1844-1924) was a French writer, journalist, and poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921. He was also a member of the Académie Française. France’s father was a bookseller, and France himself began his literary career as a poet and journalist. His most notable works include Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), Monsieur Bergeret (1901), Penguin Island (1908), The Gods Are Athirst (1912), and The Revolt of the Angels (1914). In Penguin Island, France satirizes human nature by depicting the transformation of penguins into humans. In The Gods Are Athirst, he critiques political and ideological fanaticism. In The Revolt of the Angels, France tells the story of Arcade, the guardian angel of Maurice d'Esparvieu.
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