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Jules Romains (French writer)

  • Louis Henri Farigoule
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Romains, Jules
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Date of birth
1885-08-26
Place of birth
Saint-Julien-Chapteuil
Date of death
1972-08-14
Place of death
Paris

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Jules Romains (born Louis Henri Jean Farigoule; 26 August 1885 – 14 August 1972) was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine, and a cycle of works called Les Hommes de bonne volonté (Men of Good Will). Sinclair Lewis called him one of the six best novelists in the world.

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature sixteen times.

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