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Andre Gide (1869-1951) was a French novelist, born in Paris.

Short Biography:

His work is largely autobiographical and concerned with the themes of self-fulfilment and renunciation.

It includes L'Immoraliste / The Immoralist in 1902, La Porte itroite / Strait is the Gate in 1909, Les Caves du Vatican / The Vatican Cellars in 1914, and Les Faux-monnayeurs / The Counterfeiters in 1926; and an almost lifelong Journal.

He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947.

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