French novelist, journalist and poet, Anatole France (1844-1924), was elected to the Acadรฉmie Franรงaise and won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature. Best known for the novels โLe Crime de Sylvestre Bonnardโ (1881) and โLa Rรดtisserie de la Reine Pรฉdauqueโ (1893), he was a prolific writer responsible for many famous sayings, including "If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing," and "Nine tenths of education is encouragement."
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Anatole France, a pseudonym for Jacques Anatole Thibault (1844-1924), was a French novelist, journalist and poet. He was elected to the Acadรฉmie franรงaise and won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature in recognition of his "brilliant literary achievements." France achieved his first commercial success with the novel โLe Crime de Sylvestre Bonnardโ (1881) and published his most celebrated work, โLa Rรดtisserie de la Reine Pรฉdauqueโ ('At the Sign of the Reine Pรฉdauque') in 1893. His many other works include, 'Le Puits de Sainte Claireโ (1895) ('The Well of Saint Claire') โLe Lys rougeโ (1894) ('The Red Lily'), โLa Rรฉvolte des Angesโ (1914) ('The Revolt of the Angels') and a biography of Joan of Arc (1908).