{"title":"Roger Martin du Gard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger Martin du Gard\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1881-1958) was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He attended two of the finest Paris lycées and graduated in 1906 writing a thesis in archaeology and with a degree as an archivist-paleographer. He attributes this training in history and scholarship to his scrupulous realism and attention to minute detail. He fought in the first world war, and he was a longtime friend of fellow Literature Laureate André Gide. Roger Martin du Gard died in 1958 in Nice, France. Roger Martin du Gard’s fiction has been linked with the realist and naturalist traditions and shows a sympathy for humanist socialism and pacifism. His first success, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean Barois\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was published in 1913, but he is best known for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Thibaults\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a monumental picture of the world before the outbreak of the WWI published in twelve volumes between 1922 and 1940. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Thibaults\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003efollows the fortunes of two brothers, from their upbringing in a prosperous Catholic bourgeois family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.nyrb.com\/collections\/roger-martin-du-gard.oembed","provider":"New York Review Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}