Biography
Jules Romains, born Louis Farigoule, was born on 26 August 1885 in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil and studied philosophy at the École normale supérieure in Paris. As a student he already developed the idea of “Unanimism”, a literary movement concerned with the collective consciousness of groups of people. After the First World War he gave up teaching to devote himself entirely to writing, becoming one of the most widely read French authors of his time with plays such as “Knock” and the 27-volume novel cycle “Les Hommes de bonne volonté”. He served as president of the international writers’ association PEN from 1936 to 1941 and was elected to the Académie française in 1946. Jules Romains died on 14 August 1972 in Paris.
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