André Gide






André Gide

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born
November 22, 1869

died
February 19, 1951

gender
male

place of birth
Paris, France

genre
Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

influences
Dostoevsky, Fielding, du Gard, Nietzsche, Rabindranath Tagore, Wilde


about this author

André Paul Guillaume Gide 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.

Known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works, Gide exposes to public view the conflict and eventual reconciliation between the two sides of his personality, split apart by a straight-laced education and a narrow social moralism. Gide's work can be seen as an investigation of freedom and empowerment in the face of moralistic and puritan constraints, and gravitates around his continuous effort to achieve intellectual honesty. His self-exploratory texts reflect his search of how to be fully on...more




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avg rating: 3.62 | 3,156 ratings | 252 reviews | 166 distinct works | 12 fans
The Immoralist The Immoralist
by André Gide
avg rating 3.68 — 794 ratings — published 1902
31 editions
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مایده‌های زمینی مایده‌های زمینی
by André Gide, جلال آل احمد (Translator), پرویز داریوش (Translator)
avg rating 3.42 — 433 ratings — published 1949
9 editions
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The Counterfeiters: A Novel The Counterfeiters: A Novel
by André Gide
avg rating 3.94 — 289 ratings — published 1951
25 editions
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La Symphonie Pastorale La Symphonie Pastorale (Folio Ser .: No 18)
by André Gide
avg rating 3.48 — 183 ratings — published 1925
21 editions
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Strait is the Gate Strait is the Gate
by André Gide
avg rating 3.65 — 159 ratings — published 1327
20 editions
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مائده های زمینی Ù... مائده های زمینی Ùˆ مائده های تازه
by André Gide
avg rating 3.72 — 61 ratings — published 1956
3 editions
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Lafcadio's Adventures Lafcadio's Adventures
by André Gide
avg rating 3.62 — 56 ratings — published 1980
5 editions
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Les Nourritures Terrestres Les Nourritures Terrestres
by André Gide
avg rating 3.74 — 53 ratings — published 1942
6 editions
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Les Caves Du Vatican Les Caves Du Vatican
by André Gide
avg rating 3.55 — 47 ratings — published 1367
15 editions
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If It Die . . .: An Autobiogra... If It Die . . .: An Autobiography
by André Gide
avg rating 3.45 — 38 ratings — published 1920
5 editions
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"It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not."
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"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it."
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"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the
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