Andre Gide
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About
French writer of fiction and autobiography who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. His most famous work is The Immoralist, a book that was unique in its time for its inclusion of homosexual themes. In addition to many novels, he also published various plays throughout his career.
Before Fame
He grew up in Normandy, France, and published his first book, Les Cahiers d'André Walter (The Journals of André Walter), when he was just twenty-two years old.
Trivia
He published Si le grain ne meurt (Unless the Seed Dies), an autobiography, in 1924. He published criticism on art, music, and literature.
Family Life
He began to recognize and accept his homosexual orientation when he was in his early twenties, following an unconsummated marriage with his cousin, Madeleine Rondeaux. Surprisingly, in 1923, he fathered a daughter through a brief sexual relationship with a woman.
Associated With
He met and befriended Oscar Wilde in Paris.
