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Henri Bergson, recipient of the 1927 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Paris, France. His father was a Jewish musician and his mother was English. He was educated at the Ecole Normale Superieure. After graduation he worked as a teacher in several lycees and later as a professor at the College de France.
Bergson's first book, MATIERE ET MEEMOIRE (MATTER AND MEMORY), was published in 1896. He is well-known for his 1907 book, CREATIVE EVOLUTION.
Henri Bergson died in Paris, France in 1941.
CHRONOLOGY
1859 He was born in Paris, France. (October 18)
1877 He entered the Ecole Normale Superieure.
1889 ESSAI SUR LES DONNEES IMMEDIATES DE CONSCINCE (TIME AND FREE WILL: AN ESSAY ON THE IMMEDIATE DATA OF CONSCIOUSNESS)
1896 MATIERE ET MEEMOIRE (MATTER AND MEMORY)
1900 LE RIRE: ESSAI SUR LA SIGNIFICANCE DU COMIQUE (LAUGHTER: AN ESSAY ON THE MEANING OF THE COMIC); He became a professor at the College de France.
1903 INTRODUCTION A LA MATAPHYSIQUE (AN INTRODUCTION TO METAPHYSICS)
1907 L'EVOLUTION CREATRICE (CREATIVE EVOLUTION)
1919 L'ENERGIE SPIRITUELLE (MIND-ENERGY
1921 DUREE ET SIMULTANEITE A PROPOS DE LA THEORIE D'EINSTEIN; He resigned his post at the College de France.
1927 He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1932 LES DEUX SOURCES DE LA MORALE ET DE LA RELIGION (THE TWO SOURCES OF MORALITY AND RELIGION)
1934 LA PENSEE ET LE MOUVANT (THE CREATIVE MIND)
1941 He died in Paris, France. (January 4)
1957 ECRITS ET PAROLES (THE PHILOSOPHY OF POETRY)
1959 OEVRES
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