Marcel Proust

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( , ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel (in French – translated in English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'' and more recently as ''In Search of Lost Time'') which was published in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Provided by Wikipedia