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Author

Jules Romains

August 26, 1885 – August 14, 1972 · France

Playwright, Writer, Poet

Titles on list

2

Total weeks

2

Peak rank

#3

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Biography

Born
August 26, 1885 · Saint-Julien-Chapteuil
Died
August 14, 1972 · 13th arrondissement of Paris
Nationality
France
Gender
Male
Languages
French
Education
Lycée Condorcet, École Normale Supérieure

Awards & Honours

  • 1932Eugène Dabit populist novel award
  • Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
  • Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
  • Concours général
  • Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès
  • Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms
  • Grand Prize for the Best Novels of the Half-Century

On the Bestseller Lists

2 titles

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).

Jules Romains (1885–1972) — NYT Bestseller History | The Bestseller Observatory