Today is Marcel Proust's Birthday! I am very fortunate to have discovered his literature. By no means is he unknown, but I had neglected to read him. I discovered his exquisite writing this past year. The sensuality and precision in his descriptions are truly like paintings; he evokes all of the senses. I too could experience the taste of the madeleine, or the acutely ecstatic and painful love that Swann feels for Odette. Here is a short bio:
"Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (July 10, 1871 – November 18, 1922) was a French novelist, critic and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time; earlier translated as Remembrance of Things Past). It was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927.
“People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they continue to occupy our thoughts in the same way as when they were alive. It is as though they were traveling abroad.”" Information about Proust was obtained from Parabola, a journal dedicated to myth and folklore.
— Marcel Proust
"Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (July 10, 1871 – November 18, 1922) was a French novelist, critic and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time; earlier translated as Remembrance of Things Past). It was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927.
“People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they continue to occupy our thoughts in the same way as when they were alive. It is as though they were traveling abroad.”" Information about Proust was obtained from Parabola, a journal dedicated to myth and folklore.
— Marcel Proust
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