When is Marcel Proust's birthday?

Marcel Proust's birthday is July 10. He was born on July 10, 1871 in Paris, France.

How old was Marcel Proust when he died?

Marcel Proust died on November 18, 1922, aged 51.

Who shares a birthday with Marcel Proust?

Famous people who share Marcel Proust's July 10 birthday include Nikola Tesla, Mahathir Mohamad, John Calvin, Alice Munro and Camille Pissarro.

Literature · 1871–1922

Marcel Proust — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 10 July 1871 · Died: 18 November 1922 · Age: 51

French novelist whose vast In Search of Lost Time, sparked by the taste of a madeleine, explores memory and time

Did you know?He lived in a cork-lined bedroom to block out noise and dust while writing his massive literary masterpiece.

Quick facts

Date of birth10 July 1871
Date of death18 November 1922
Age at death51
Cause of deathPneumonia
NationalityFrench
BirthplaceParis, France
Occupationnovelist, essayist, writer

Editor's Take:

Proust took one of the most ordinary moments imaginable, dipping a small cake called a madeleine into tea, and turned it into a gateway to an entire lost world. In In Search of Lost Time, the taste brings back a flood of childhood memories, showing how the past lives on inside us. The novel runs to seven volumes and well over a million words, making it one of the longest in literature. It explores memory, love, jealousy, art and the high society of turn-of-the-century France. The phrase 'Proustian moment' is now used for any sudden, vivid memory triggered by the senses.

Key Milestones

1913: Publishes Swann's Way
1919: Wins the Prix Goncourt
1922: Dies in Paris
1927: The final volume, Time Regained, appears

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( PROOST; French:; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for his novel À la recherche du temps perdu (translated into English as In Search of Lost Time, earlier Remembrance of Things Past), which was published in…

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Marcel Proust: Author of In Search of Lost Time

French novelist, born 1871

Marcel Proust was born in Paris on 10 July 1871.

He wrote the seven-volume In Search of Lost Time.

His madeleine scene is one of literature's most famous.

He wrote much of it in a cork-lined room.

Career highlights

1896Pleasures and Days: first book
1913Swann's Way: published
1919Goncourt Prize: won
1922Death: in Paris
1927Time Regained: final volume

Did you know?He won the Prix Goncourt in 1919.

Age at death: 51
Years since death: 103

Family

Father: Adrien Proust
Mother: Jeanne-Clémence Proust

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When is Marcel Proust's birthday?: Marcel Proust's birthday is July 10. He was born on July 10, 1871 in Paris, France.
How old was Marcel Proust when he died?: Marcel Proust died on November 18, 1922, aged 51.
Who shares a birthday with Marcel Proust?: Famous people who share Marcel Proust's July 10 birthday include Nikola Tesla, Mahathir Mohamad, John Calvin, Alice Munro and Camille Pissarro.

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