Georges Duhamel

1884–1966 · French novelist, poet & army surgeon; Prix Goncourt 1918; Académie française

Georges Duhamel (1884–1966) was a French writer and physician who served as an army surgeon in World War I; those experiences shaped Vie des martyrs and Civilisation, which won the Prix Goncourt in 1918. His 1919 essay-book La Possession du monde — translated as The Heart’s Domain — argues for a humane, inward “possession” of the world through attention and memory. He was elected to the Académie française in 1935 and served as its permanent secretary through the Occupation.

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“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory”

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