Anatole France

'*** (; born ***', ; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, critic, and novelist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921. He was a member of the *Académie française*.

## Early life 
Anatole France was a son of a bookseller. He studied at the *Collège Stanislas*. He got married in 1877 but he get divorced in 1892. He was librarian for the *French Senate* in 1876 - 1890.

## Literary career 
Anatole France start his career as a parnassianism poet. Later he became an impressionist and he was an atheist. From 1867 he was a journalist. In 1881 he became famous with the novel ''Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard, membre de l'Institut''. It's about an old scholar Sylvester Bonnard, Bonnard wants to make good, but he commits a crime. This novel won France a prize from the *French Academy*. In 1893 he captured the atmosphere of the fin de siècle in *Les Opinions de Jérôme Coignard*.

France took a part in the *Dreyfus Affair*. He signed Émile Zola's manifesto supporting Dreyfus. Alfred Dreyfus was a French artillery officer and he was charged with high treason. In 1901 France wrote *Monsieur Bergeret* about this affair. He stood out against colonialism.

In 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize. He died in 1924 and he is buried near Paris in the *Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery*.

## Bibliography 
### Poetry 
* *Poèmes dorés* (1873)
* *Les Noces corinthiennes* (1876)

### Prose 
* *Jocaste et Le Chat maigre* (1879)
* *Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard, membre de l’Institut* (1881)
* *Les Désirs de Jean Servien* (1882)
* *Abeille, conte* (1883)
* *Balthasar* (1889)
* *Thaïs* (1890)
* *L’Étui de nacre* (1892)
* *La Rôtisserie de la reine Pédauque* (1892)
* *Les Opinions de Jérôme Coignard* (1893)
* *Le Lys rouge* (1894)
* *Le Jardin d’Épicure* (1895)
* *Le Puits de Sainte Claire* (1895)
* *L’Histoire contemporaine*
** *L’Orme du mail* (1897), (*L’Histoire contemporaine*, I)
** ''Le Mannequin d'osier* (1897), (*L’Histoire contemporaine*, II)
** *L’Anneau d'améthyste* (1899), (*L’Histoire contemporaine*, III)
** *Monsieur Bergeret à Paris* (1901), (*L’Histoire contemporaine*, IV)
* *Clio* (1900)
* *Le Procurateur de Judée* (1902)
* *Histoires comiques* (1903)
* *Sur la pierre blanche* (1905)
* *L'Affaire Crainquebille* (1901)
* *L’Île des Pingouins* (1908)
* *Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche* (1908)
* *Les Sept Femmes de Barbe bleue et autres contes merveilleux* (1909)
* *Les dieux ont soif* (1912)
* *La Révolte des anges* (1914)

### Memoirs 
* *Le Livre de mon ami* (1885)
* *Pierre Nozière* (1899)
* *Le Petit Pierre* (1918)
* *La Vie en fleur* (1922)

### Plays 
* *Au petit bonheur*, (1898)
* *Crainquebille*, (1903)
* *La Comédie de celui qui épousa une femme muette*, (1908)
* *Le Mannequin d'osier*, (1928)

### Historical biography 
* *Vie de Jeanne d'Arc* (1908)

### Literary criticism 
* *Alfred de Vigny*, étude (1869)
* *Le Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte* (1888)
* *Le Génie Latin* (1913)

### Social criticism 
* *Opinions sociales* (1902)
* *Le Parti noir* (1904)
* *Vers les temps meilleurs* (1906)
* *Sur la voie glorieuse* (1915)

## Other websites 
* Anatole France Biography  at LitWeb
* Works by Anatole France at Internet Archive
* *Anatole France, Nobel Prize Winner'' by Herbert S. Gorman, The New York Times, 20 November 1921