Roger Martin du Gard

Martin du Gard, Roger (1881–1958), French novelist known for his objective but somber exploration of human relationships and the large backgrounds in which he sets them. In Jean Barois (1913) it is the Dreyfus Affair; in The Thibaults (1922–40), an 8-part novel cycle, it is World War I. In 1937 he won the Nobel Prize for literature.