André Paul Guillaume Gide (French: [ɑ̃dʁe pɔl ɡijom ʒid]; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1947). Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars. The author of more than fifty books, at the time of his death his obituary in The New York Times described him as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters" and "judged the greatest French writer of this century by the literary cognoscenti."Known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works, Gide exposed to public view the conflict and eventual reconciliation of the two sides of his personality (characterized by a Protestant austerity and a transgressive sexual adventurousness, respectively), which a strict and moralistic education had helped set at odds. Gide's work can be seen as an investigation of freedom and empowerment in the face of moralistic and puritanical constraints, and centers on his continuous effort to achieve intellectual honesty. As a self-professed pederast, his self-exploratory texts reflect his search of how to be fully oneself, including owning one's sexual nature, without at the same time betraying one's values. His …
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.. Gide-Valéry, A Zhid, A ジッド, and 70 others
A. Gide, A. Jiddo, A. Zhid, A. ジッド, A.ジッド, Andore Jiddo, Andra Jīd, Andrah Jid, Andrah Zhiīd, Andrah Ziid, Andre Gide, Andre Jid, Andre Paul Guillaume Gide, Andre Xhid, Andre Zhid, Andre Zid, Andre Žid, Andreas Gide, Andrej Žid, Andrzej Gide, André Gide, André P. Gide, André Paul Guillaume Gide, Andrē Žids, Andrė Židas, Andrīh Ǧīd, Antre Litu, Antre Zint, Antré Gint, Chi-te, De Ji, Gide, Jide, Āndra Žīd, Āndrah Jīd, Āndrih Zhīd, Āntrē L̲īṭu, Ān̲ṭrē Jit, Αντρέ Ζιντ, А Жид, Андре Жид, Андре Жід, Андрэ Жыд, Անդրե Ժիդ, אנדרה ג'יד, אנדרה ז'יד, אנדרה זשיד, אנדרה פול ז'יד, آندره ژید, آندرے ژید, أندريه جيد،, اندريه جيد, اینڈر گائڈ, جيد، اندريه, چيد، اندريه, ژيد، آندره،, ژيد، اندره, आंद्रे जिद, आन्द्रे जिदे, আন্দ্রে জিদ, ਆਂਦਰੇ ਯੀਦ, ಆಂಡ್ರೆ ಗಿಡೆ, ანდრე ჟიდი, アンドレ ジイド, アンドレ ジッド, アンドレ ジード, アンドレ・ジッド, 安德烈·紀德, 纪德, 앙드레지드 - Born:
- Nov. 21, 1869
- Died:
- Feb. 18, 1951
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André Paul Guillaume Gide (French: [ɑ̃dʁe pɔl ɡijom ʒid]; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1947). Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars. The author of more than fifty books, at the time of his death his obituary in The New York Times described him as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters" and "judged the greatest French writer of this century by the literary cognoscenti."Known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works, Gide exposed to public view the conflict and eventual reconciliation of the two sides of his personality (characterized by a Protestant austerity and a transgressive sexual adventurousness, respectively), which a strict and moralistic education had helped set at odds. Gide's work can be seen as an investigation of freedom and empowerment in the face of moralistic and puritanical constraints, and centers on his continuous effort to achieve intellectual honesty. As a self-professed pederast, his self-exploratory texts reflect his search of how to be fully oneself, including owning one's sexual nature, without at the same time betraying one's values. His political activity was shaped by the same ethos, as indicated by his repudiation of communism after his 1936 journey to the USSR.
