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André Gide (André Paul Guillaume Gide) was born on 22 November, 1869 in Paris, France, is a Writer, Actor, Producer. Discover André Gide's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of André Gide networth?

Popular As André Paul Guillaume Gide
Occupation writer,actor,producer
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 22 November, 1869
Birthday 22 November
Birthplace Paris, France
Date of death 19 February, 1951
Died Place Paris, France
Nationality France

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André Gide Height, Weight & Measurements

At 82 years old, André Gide height is 5' 7¾" (1.72 m) .

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Who Is André Gide's Wife?

His wife is Madeleine Rondeaux (1895 - 1938) ( her death)

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André Gide Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is André Gide worth at the age of 82 years old? André Gide’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from France. We have estimated André Gide's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1949

His disillusionment with the communist doctrine was expressed in his contribution to 'The God That Failed' (1949). During the Second World War he lived in Tunis.

1948

He was praised by his friends, such as Marcel Proust, Paul Claudel, Paul Valéry and others; their correspondence was published in 1948. Gide collaborated with Sergei Diaghilev on a ballet production for the "Seasons Russes" in Paris. He was a regular member of 'literary Fridays' and developed a good friendship with Gertrude Stein.

1947

Gide was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1947).

1938

Gide's wife Madeleine died in 1938 after an unconsummated marriage. Andre Gide was an admirer of Fyodor Dostoevsky from his youth.

1936

Gide briefly associated with French communists, but he repudiated the Soviet communism after his 1936 voyage to the Soviet Union.

1926

In 'Les faux-monnayeurs' and 'Le journal des feux-monnayeurs' (The Couterfreiters, 1926) he exposed the self-deception and counterfeit personality of the protagonist, Edouard, who falls in love with his nephew.

1923

In 1923 Gide conceived a daughter named Catherine with his girlfriend Elisabeth van Rysselberghe.

In 1923 he published a collection of his lectures on Dostoyevsky, in which he reconstitutes the writer's personality through the traits of the characters of his books.

1919

"In his 'La symphonie pastorale' (The Pastoral Symphony, 1919) Gide revealed the hypocrisy behind the mask of a pastor, who adopted a blind orphan girl. Pastor seduces the girl on the eve of her eye surgery; she opens her eyes only to see the ugly truth about people, then commits suicide.

1916

Gide was alluding to his own relationship with his adopted son Marc Allegret, with whom he eloped to London in 1916.

1911

At that time Gide prepared the first public release of his 'Corydon', which was initially published privately in 1911. It received widespread condemnation, but was considered by Gide his most important work.

1902

His serious illness and a near-death experience there, gave him material for his "twin" psychological novels 'l'immoraliste' (The Immoralist, 1902) and 'La porte etroite' (Strait is the Gate, 1909). In dialogues between the inner narrator and the outer narrator Gide tackled the Shakesperian question, reformulated as "to be free" vs "to get freedom.

1897

Gide's early collection of prose and poetry 'Les nourritues terrestres' (Fruits of the Earth, 1897), gained popularity, influencing Guillaume Apollinaire, Albert Camus, and Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as a generation of young writers.

1893

In 1893 and 1894 Gide made voyages to North Africa, where he learned different moral and sexual conventions. In Algiers he met Oscar Wilde and the two became close friends.

1891

His first book 'Les Cahiers d'Andre Walter' (The Notebooks of Andre Walter, 1891) was well received by his friend Stéphane Mallarmé.

1869

Andre Paul Guillaume Gide was born on November 22, 1869, in Paris, France. His father, named Paul Gide, was a professor of law at the University of Paris, he was a descendant from Cevennes Huhuenots. His mother, named Juliette Rondeaux, was a devoted Calvinist. He received an excellent private education at home, then at the Ecole Alsacienne. At the age of 18 Gide started writing.