The Resume

(July 10, 1871-November 18, 1922)
Born in Auteuil, Paris, France
Birth name was Valentin Louis Georges Eugene Marcel Proust
Author of the multi-volume 'A la recherche du temps perdu' ('In Search of Lost Time' or 'Remembrance of Things Past')

Why he might be annoying:

He was a snob and a social climber.
He was a hypochondriac who showed up at his brother's wedding wearing so many overcoats that he could not fit into the pews.
After getting a job at the Mazarin Library, he went on sick leave, which he extended for several years.
He lived at his parents' apartment until they both died, during his early 30s.

Why he might not be annoying:

Graham Greene called him 'the greatest novelist of the 20th century'.'
After reading 'In Search of Lost Time,' Virginia Woolf said, 'Oh, if I could write like that!'
The town of Illers, which inspired his fictional village of Combray, renamed itself Illers-Combray to celebrate the centennial of his birth.
He inspired Monty Python's 'Summarize Proust' sketch.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 15 Most Boring Literary Classics (Ranked: 12)
• Allegedly Gay Men
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 4474)
• Born Half-Jewish
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 07]
• Catholics who are Partially Jewish
• Germophobes - Bacillophobic
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Died in 1922 (Ranked: 51)
• I Have Asthma
• I Have OCD [Obsessive Compulsive Disorder]
• I'm Buried in the Pere Lachaise in Paris
• John Updike's 10 Greatest Works of Literature of the Second Millennium [2000] (Ranked: 1927)
• Known By a Middle Name
• Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century [1999] (Ranked: 2)
• Monty Python - Famous People Referenced in Season 3
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 37)
• People with Bruce, Marc or Keith in their Names
• Profiles 21251-21500 (Ranked: 21392)
• Too Old to Still Live at Home

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 200 Votes: 61.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 132 Votes: 68.94% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 38 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 63.41% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 29 Votes: 65.52% Annoying