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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Андре Жид, Andrė Židas, Անդրե Ժիդ, Andre Zhid, ਆਂਦਰੇ ਯੀਦ, Andreas Gide, Chi-te, 앙드레지드, André P. Gide, اینڈر گائڈ, Andre Žid, 纪德, Andre Jid, Андре Жід, Andrah Zhiīd, A. Jiddo, Antre Zint, Āntrē L̲īṭu, Andrah Jid, Andrē Žids, אנדרה ג'יד, אנדרה פול ז'יד, אנדרה ז'יד, 安德烈·紀德, André Gide, Андрэ Жыд, آندرے ژید, Āndra Žīd, А Жид, アンドレ ジイド, Αντρέ Ζιντ, Andrah Ziid, De Ji, আন্দ্রে জিদ, Antre Litu, אנדרה זשיד, Andrīh Ǧīd, ანდრე ჟიდი, Andrzej Gide, आन्द्रे जिदे, Āndrih Zhīd, Andra Jīd, Andre Paul Guillaume Gide, ژيد، اندره, アンドレ ジッド, Ān̲ṭrē Jit, आंद्रे जिद, アンドレ・ジッド, اندريه جيد, Andre Xhid, چيد، اندريه, A. Gide, アンドレ ジード, A.ジッド, A. Zhid, Antré Gint, Andrej Žid, ژيد، آندره،, ಆಂಡ್ರೆ ಗಿಡೆ, Āndrah Jīd, جيد، اندريه, André Paul Guillaume Gide, .. Gide-Valéry, أندريه جيد،, Gide, Jide, Andore Jiddo, A ジッド, آندره ژید, Andre Zid - Nascita:
- 21 Novembre 1869
- Morte:
- 18 Febbraio 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.
