What is "marcel proust"

Marcel Proust \Marcel Proust\ n. A French novelist (1871-1922).

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922), better known as Marcel Proust, was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu ( In Search of Lost Time; earlier rendered as Remembrance of Things Past), published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest authors.