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Proust's father, Achille Adrien Proust, was a famous doctor and epidemiologist, responsible for studying and attempting to remedy the causes and movements of cholera through Europe and Asia.
Proust was gay, and is believed to have had a long-running affair with pianist and composer Reynaldo Hahn.
Proust died before he was able to complete his revision of the drafts and proofs of the last volumes, the last three of which were published posthumously and edited by his brother, Robert.
Proust was born in Auteuil, then just outside of Paris, in 1871, the son of Achille Adrien Proust, a famous doctor and epidemiologist.
Proust's work shows a heavy influence from Tolstoy, evidenced in the views he gives on art, some of the ways in which he models psychology and social interaction, and in certain episodes such as the trip to Venice (cf.
Proust died in 1922 and is buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.