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"Let a prize lower my position, if it causes me to be read; that I prefer immediately to all the honors."

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About Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust was a French novelist best known for In Search of Lost Time, one of the major works of modern literature. Born in Auteuil near Paris on 1871-07-10, he developed an introspective narrative style that reshaped twentieth-century fiction. He died in Paris on 1922-11-18.

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