Henri-Louis Bergson (1859–1941) was a French philosopher whose ideas on time, consciousness, and life profoundly influenced twentieth-century philosophy, literature, and the arts. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, he is best known for developing a philosophy centered on intuition and creative becoming. His best-known work, "L'Évolution créatrice" ("Creative Evolution"), presents life as an ongoing process of creative change, offering an original perspective on evolution, consciousness, and the nature of living beings.