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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1920s (54) 1921 (5) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1840s (20) 1844 (2) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, western (207) France (55) Paris (22) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1920s (25) 1924 (4) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, western (182) France (51) Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) A (79) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) F (33) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 78 (17) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, western (223) France (60) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, western (390) France (92) Paris (73) Collège Stanislas de Paris (2) Alumni (2) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School Europe (60) Europe, western (50) France (23) Paris (21) Collège Stanislas (1) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) Académie française (7) E-P (571) H (88) Human Rights League (4) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards O-P (364) P (242) Prix Montyon (1) complete name: Anatole France nobel prize: literature award year: 1921 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1921 was awarded to Anatole France "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts birth name: Jacques François-Anatole Thibault given name: Anatole family name: France occupation: writer occupation: poet occupation: librarian occupation: literary critic occupation: novelist occupation: science fiction writer work location: Le Figaro, Paris, France notable work: Thaïs description: Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament". Anatole France was also documented to have a brain volume just two-thirds the normal size. France is also widely believed to be the model for narrator Marcel's literary idol Bergotte in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time. pronunciation: (French: [anatɔl fʁɑ̃s]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1921. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1921/summary/> date birth: 1844 date death: 1924 usual name: Anatole France