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											Marcel Proust 1871-1922 
                  
 
                  Marcel was French, officially gay, and a brilliant 
            novelist. 
             
            His main work was 
			 In Search of Lost Time (À la 
            recherche du temps perdu). A seven-volume piece of fiction.
 
 Early on,
            Marcel had troubles with asthma. Dilemma continued when Marcel's 
            father died in 1903 and his mother followed suit shortly after in 1905.
 
              
            Marcel Proust's Family 
            Marcel's father was Adrien Proust. 
								 
            His mother was Jeanne, 
            née Weil. 
									  
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