René Benjamin

René Benjamin (1885 in Paris, France - 1948 in Tours, France) was a French writer. In 1915 he received the Prix Goncourt for his novel Gaspard. In 1938, he became the first Goncourt laureate to be appointed a member of the Académie Goncourt, the jury that decides the winner of the prize.

René Benjamin
Born20 March 1885 
Paris 
Died4 October 1948  (aged 63)
Tours 
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