What is André Gide's full name?
Paul Guillaume André Gide
André Gide date of birth:
November 22, 1869
How old was André Gide when died?
81
Where was André Gide born?
Paris, France
When did André Gide die?
February 19, 1951
Where did André Gide die?
Paris, France
Is André Gide gay or straight?
Gay
What is André Gide nationality?
French
What is André Gide's occupation?
Novelist, essayist, dramatist
André Gide claim to fame:
L'immoraliste (The Immoralist); La porte étroite (Strait Is the Gate); Les caves du Vatican (The Vatican Cellars); La Symphonie Pastorale (The Pastoral Symphony); Les faux-monnayeurs (The Counterfeiters); Nobel Prize in Literature 1947
Short Biography
André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947 "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight". Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars.