Novelist

André Gide

Won the Nobel Prize in 1947 for work that was placed on the Catholic Index of prohibited books two years later.

André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author whose writing spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism in the interwar period. Author of more than 50 books, he was described in his obituary in The New York Times as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters" and "judged the greatest French writer of this century by the literary cognoscenti."

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Born
1869-11-22, Paris, FranceA Monday
Died
1951-02-19, Paris, FranceA Monday, aged 81
At birth
Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Cancer
Nationality
France
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1869-11-22, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunSagittarius0°15′Direct
MoonCancer7°25′Direct
MercuryScorpio18°29′Direct
VenusCapricorn16°16′Direct
MarsSagittarius25°47′Direct
JupiterTaurus14°02′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius17°22′Direct
UranusCancer21°42′Retrograde
NeptuneAries17°06′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus16°45′Retrograde

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Death Chart

1951-02-19, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAquarius29°59′Direct
MoonLeo1°32′Direct
MercuryAquarius14°49′Direct
VenusPisces23°10′Direct
MarsPisces21°52′Direct
JupiterPisces15°26′Direct
SaturnLibra1°06′Retrograde
UranusCancer5°38′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra19°18′Retrograde
PlutoLeo18°23′Retrograde

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