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André Gide


Born
in Paris, France
November 22, 1869

Died
February 19, 1951

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

Influences
Goethe, Dostoevsky, Rabindranath Tagore, Mallarmé, Martin du Gard, Nie ...more


Diaries and novels, such as The Immoralist (1902) and Lafcadio's Adventures (1914), of noted French writer André Gide examine alienation and the drive for individuality in an often disapproving society; he won the Nobel Prize of 1947 for literature.

André Paul Guillaume Gide authored books. From beginnings in the symbolist movement, career of Gide ranged to anticolonialism between the two World Wars.

Known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works, Gide exposes the conflict and eventual reconciliation to public view between the two sides of his personality; a straight-laced education and a narrow social moralism split apart these sides. One can see work of Gide as an investigation of freedom and empowerment in the face o ...more

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Average rating: 3.68 · 64,207 ratings · 5,293 reviews · 652 distinct works • Similar authors
The Immoralist
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3.55 avg rating — 12,923 ratings — published 1902 — 62 editions
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The Counterfeiters
3.83 avg rating — 9,926 ratings — published 1925 — 106 editions
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La Symphonie pastorale
3.62 avg rating — 7,032 ratings — published 1919 — 251 editions
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Strait is the Gate
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3.57 avg rating — 5,783 ratings — published 1909 — 282 editions
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Les Nourritures terrestres:...
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Les caves du Vatican
3.63 avg rating — 3,401 ratings — published 1914 — 261 editions
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Isabelle
3.22 avg rating — 1,237 ratings — published 1911 — 126 editions
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Marshlands
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If it Die...
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“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
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“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― Andre Gide
tags: courage, daring, discovery, exploration, inspirational
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“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”
― Andre Gide
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