![]() ![]() Henceforth his work lived on the never resolved tensions between a strict artistic discipline, a puritanical moralism, and the desire for unlimited sensual indulgence and abandonment to life. ![]() His Les Cahiers d’André Walter (1891) opened the door to the symbolist literary circles of the day, but the decisive event of these years was a journey to Algeria, where a severe illness brought him to the verge of death and precipitated his revolt against his puritanical background. As a child he was often ill and his education at the École Alsacienne was interrupted by long stays in the South, where he was instructed by private tutors. Share via Email: André Gide – Biographical Share this content via EmailĪ ndré Gide (1869-1951) came from a family of Huguenots and recent converts to Catholicism.Share on LinkedIn: André Gide – Biographical Share this content on LinkedIn.Tweet: André Gide – Biographical Share this content on Twitter.Share on Facebook: André Gide – Biographical Share this content on Facebook. ![]()
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