Marcel Proust
(1871­1922)
French author

Marcel Proust ingested caffeine, injected adrenaline, inhaled stramonium, tobacco, and marijuana, and used narcotics in vain attempts to alleviate his asthma. Proust spent his last twelve years sequestered in his bed, writing Remembrance of Things Past, his greatest work.

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