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Martin du Gard

American  
[mar-tan dy gar] / mar tɛ̃ dü ˈgar /

noun

  1. Roger 1881–1958, French novelist: Nobel Prize 1937.


Martin du Gard British  
/ martɛ̃ dy ɡar /

noun

  1. Roger (rɔʒe). 1881–1958, French novelist, noted for his series of novels, Les Thibault (1922–40): Nobel prize for literature 1937

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Martin du Gard, said the New York Herald Tribune loftily, "reconciles at once the fastidious preciosity of Proust and Rolland's passionate evangelism with the traditional body of art."

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After World War I, in which he had charge of an army truck corps, Martin du Gard conceived the idea of The Thibaults and reorganized his life to write it according to plan.

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A weary smile, at least, is there; Martin du Gard is, personally, an avowed atheist.

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To Author Martin du Gard, there are no sure answers to anything, either in religion or irreligion.

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Martin du Gard began Jean Barois at 29, finished it three years later.

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