Athirst wrote a
 book about a man who travels to Italy to buy a rare book from Signor Polizzi only to learn the book was
 sent to Paris, while another novel sees the monk Mael baptize a society of the title creatures living at the
 North Pole.
This author wrote a book about a painter who studies under Jacques David before ordering the Death of
 his Friend Maurice Brotteaux as a member of the Grand Tribunal during the Reign of Terror. In addition to
 that novel about Evariste Gamelin, he wrote about a monk's efforts to convert the title Egyptian courtesan
 to Christianity in a novel that inspired a Massanet opera. This author of the The Gods Are Athirst wrote a
 book about a man who travels to Italy to buy a rare book from Signor Polizzi only to learn the book was
 sent to Paris, while another novel sees the monk Mael baptize a society of the title creatures living at the
 North Pole. For 10 points, name this French author of The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard and Penguin Island.
This author wrote a book about a painter who studies under Jacques David before ordering the Death of
 his Friend Maurice Brotteaux as a member of the Grand Tribunal during the Reign of Terror.
Anatole {France}