1. Proust - Noun
2. Proust - Proper noun
French novelist (1871-1922)
Source: WordNetAbout Marcel Proust and comtesse Greffulhe's relationship, and the key role she played in the genesis of La Recherche. Source: Internet
At the time of this publication, Proust was already at work on translating Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies, which he completed in June 1905, just before his mother's death, and published in 1906. Source: Internet
Beckett's 1930 essay Proust was strongly influenced by Schopenhauer 's pessimism and laudatory descriptions of saintly asceticism. Source: Internet
Early writing sidebar Proust was involved in writing and publishing from an early age. Source: Internet
Also in 1913 a less violent event occurred in France with the publication of the first volume of Marcel Proust 's important novel sequence À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–1927) (In Search of Lost Time). Source: Internet
By the age of nine Proust had had his first serious asthma attack, and thereafter he was considered a sickly child. Source: Internet