Roger Martin du Gard (1881-1958)

Awarded the Prize “for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novel-cycle Les Thibault.”

French novelist and dramatist. Martin du Gard was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine on March 22, 1881. He, in 1906, was graduated from the école des Chartes with a thesis on an archaeological subject and with the degree of archivist-paleographer. During World War I Martin du Gard served in the French Army in a motor transport division on the western front. After the war he worked briefly at a theater. Tired of the literary life of Paris, Martin du Gard withdrew to Le Tertre, a Norman ry estate at Belleme, where he died on August 22, 1958.
Major Works:
Le Testament du Père Leleu (1920); Les Thibault (1922-1940); The Silent One (1932); African Secret (1931); The Postman (1933); Recollections of Andr