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Claude Simon

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    (October 10, 1913-July 6, 2005)
    Born in Antananarivo, Madagascar
    Wrote the novels 'The Cheat' (1945), 'The Tightrope' (1947), 'Gulliver' (1952), 'The Grass' (1958), 'The Flanders Road' (1960), 'The Palace' (1962), 'Story' (1967), 'Conducting Bodies' (1971), 'Triptych' (1973), 'The Georgics' (1981), 'The Invitation' (1987) and 'The Trolley' (2001)
    Won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1985)

Why he might be annoying:

    He joined the Communist party.
    One of his novels contains a sentence that stretches over 30 pages.
    He said, 'Those who reproach my novels for having neither a beginning nor an end are perfectly correct.'
    He was so obscure when he won the Nobel Prize that previous laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer asked, 'Who is this? A man, a woman?'

Why he might not be annoying:

    His father died in battle in World War I.
    He became disillusioned with Communism after touring the Soviet Union during the Stalinist purges.
    He was taken prisoner in World War II, escaped and joined the French resistance.
    His literary style was influenced by Marcel Proust and William Faulkner.
    He said of his works, 'If the reader finds pleasure there, let him continue. If not, let him throw the book away.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 103 Votes: 61.17% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying