André Gide

The Profile

André Gide (1869–1951) was a French author, novelist and essayist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947.

Born 1869, died 1951. Nobel Prize in Literature, 1947. Major themes include freedom, morality, sexuality and autobiography; associated with Symbolism and early 20th-century modernist literature.

DeBaser reviews highlight Gide's exploration of freedom, identity and the clash with religious upbringing. The Immoralist is praised for stylistic grace and autobiographical intensity. Early poems (André Walter) show Symbolist roots and introspective restlessness.