Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was a French novelist, essayist, and critic. He is best known for his monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time), which is considered one of the greatest works of fiction of the 20th century. Proust was born in Auteuil, France, to an upper-middle-class family. He was educated at the Lycée Condorcet and the École des Hautes Études. He began writing at an early age, and his first novel, Les Plaisirs et les Jours, was published in 1896. Proust's writing style was highly innovative, and he is credited with introducing the stream-of-consciousness technique to literature. He was also a master of description, and his works are filled with vivid imagery and sensory detail. Proust's health was poor throughout his life, and he died in 1922 at the age of 51. His works remain widely read and studied today.
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