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Author

André Gide

November 22, 1869 – February 19, 1951 · France

Journalist, Film producer, Essayist, Playwright, Novelist, Diarist, Travel writer, Translator, Autobiographer, Writer, Prose writer, Screenwriter

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Titles on list

1

Total weeks

5

Peak rank

#12

Biography

Born
November 22, 1869 · Paris
Died
February 19, 1951 · Paris
Nationality
France
Gender
Male
Languages
French
Education
Lycée Henri-IV, École alsacienne

Awards & Honours

  • 1947Nobel Prize in Literature
  • 1949Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt
  • Goethe Medal for Art and Science
  • Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century

On the Bestseller Lists

1 title

THE GOD THAT FAILED
Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, Richard Wright and André Gide

THE GOD THAT FAILED

#12 · 5 wks

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).