Roger Martin du Gard is remembered for writing that changed what came after it.
The record lists Roger Martin du Gard as French writer (1881–1958).
Roger Martin du Gard was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1881. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at Lycée Condorcet and École des chartes.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
He worked as writer, archivist and playwright.
The writing is recorded in French.
Among his best-known works are Jean Barois and The Thibaults. Reputation in letters is unusually volatile: writers are forgotten for a generation and then recovered by one.
The honours record reads: Nobel Prize in Literature (1937) and Commander of the Legion of Honour (1951).
That the work was written from France matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Roger Martin du Gard died in 1958, aged 77. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Nobel Prize in Literature — 1937
- Commander of the Legion of Honour — 1951
- Notable work: Jean Barois
- Notable work: The Thibaults
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