A Happy Birthday salute to Anatole France (born Jacques Anatole François Thibault, April 16, 1844 - October 12, 1924), poet, journalist, and novelist.
Anatole France spent most of his life around books. He was the son of a bookseller, worked with his father in the trade and In 1876 he was appointed a librarian for the French Senate. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1896.
Anatole France had the courage to stand up for the injustice to Alfred Dreyfuss and played an important part in the Dreyfus Affair. He was the first to signed Emile Zola's manifesto supporting Alfred Dreyfus and later wrote about the affair in his 1901 novel Monsieur Bergeret. Anatole France won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921.
Once again we have a writer whose works were banned. In the 1920s, Anatole France's writings were placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Prohibited Books Index) of the Roman Catholic Church.
"Nine tenths of education is encouragement." - Anatole France
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe." - Anatole France
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened"- Anatole France
"Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe." - Anatole France
Trivia bit: The renown intellectual Anatole France had a small brain, it was just two-thirds the size of a "normal" brain. info source (1)(2)
Anatole France spent most of his life around books. He was the son of a bookseller, worked with his father in the trade and In 1876 he was appointed a librarian for the French Senate. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1896.
Anatole France had the courage to stand up for the injustice to Alfred Dreyfuss and played an important part in the Dreyfus Affair. He was the first to signed Emile Zola's manifesto supporting Alfred Dreyfus and later wrote about the affair in his 1901 novel Monsieur Bergeret. Anatole France won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921.
Once again we have a writer whose works were banned. In the 1920s, Anatole France's writings were placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Prohibited Books Index) of the Roman Catholic Church.
"Nine tenths of education is encouragement." - Anatole France
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe." - Anatole France
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened"- Anatole France
"Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe." - Anatole France
Trivia bit: The renown intellectual Anatole France had a small brain, it was just two-thirds the size of a "normal" brain. info source (1)(2)
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