About Anatole France
Anatole France was a French poet, journalist and novelist whose books became best‑sellers. He was seen in his time as the ideal French man of letters, known for an ironic and skeptical voice. France was elected to the Académie Française and received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized by a nobility of style, human sympathy, grace and a true Gallic temperament."