Marcel Proust Biography **A trip down memory lane with a touch of extravagance** Imagine a young Parisian from the beginning of the 20th century, with thick brown hair and melancholic look. Drink tea served in a fine porcelain cup with muffins. He dresses with an impeccable, almost dandyish elegance, and his mind exudes exquisite sensitivity. That was ** Marcel Proust **, a French writer who gave us one of the masterpieces of universal literature: ** In Search of Lost Time **. **A child prodigy with fragile health** Born in Auteuil, France , in 1871, Proust was a child prodigy. At the age of 11 he had already devoured Dante's " Divine Comedy " and mastered the piano. However, his health was delicate, marked by asthma and constant allergies. His father was a doctor and researched the disease cholera , to which he left several scientific contributions. His mother was an emigrant from Saint Petersburg , a French colony that had then ceased to be Prussia...