Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) 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 translated 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.