Jules Romains

1885 - 1972

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Movement: Unanimism

Country of citizenship: France

Native language: French

Languages spoken, written or signed: French

Educated at: Lycée Condorcet, École Normale Supérieure

Occupation: playwright, writer, poet

Award received: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Eugène Dabit populist novel award, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Concours général, Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès, Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms, Académie Française, Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century

Position held: president, président ou présidente du PEN Club français, seat 12 of the Académie française

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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. Source: Wikipedia (en)