Georges Duhamel
French writer
Died when: 81 years 287 days (981 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Georges Duhamel (/ˌdjuːəˈmɛl/;French: [dy.amɛl]; 30 June 1884 – 13 April 1966) was a French author, born in Paris.
Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army.In 1920, he published Confession de minuit, the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin.
In 1935, he was elected as a member of the Académie française.He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-seven times.
He was also the father of the musicologist and composer Antoine Duhamel.
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