Marcel Proust died today – 85 years ago

French writer Marcel Proust was born as Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust on July 10, 1871 in Auteuil, France. He said, “Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind." [If we were always happy, would we ever create anything?]... Mr. Proust died in 1922 in Paris, France.